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Life insurer undertakes strategic review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... sales targets are met. Freedom noted that a significant proportion of its upfront commission revenue is derived from the sale of funeral insurance by its direct sales team and "changes to a number of lead sources would be required to continue to meet ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds in times of volatility, using them as a price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment ...

FSC responds to direct life insurance findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... including refusing to send out paperwork unless a consumer committed to buy, and were encouraged to prioritise closing a sale ahead of the needs of the customer. ASIC said in its report: "For many firms, conduct had improved, and the introduction of ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... including refusing to send out paperwork unless a consumer committed to buy. Sales staff were encouraged to prioritise closing a sale ahead of the needs of the customer, including bonus payments heavily focused on value or volume of sales, the regulator ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... merger and acquisitions expert says. Radar Results principal John Birt said there are more risk insurance businesses for sale in the market now than at any other time he can recall. The value of risk insurance client registers have declined for two reasons ...

Life insurers take the Royal Commission stand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... for another appearance. According to the Commission, the sixth round of hearings will consider issues associated with the sale and design of life insurance products, in addition to the handling of claims under life insurance and general insurance policies. ...

Pendal appoints head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
Global investment manager Pendal, formerly known as BT Investment Management, announced it appointed a new head of distribution in Australia. Anthony Serhan joins from Morningstar where he was managing director of research strategy for Australasia ...

HNW advice firm adds new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
A former JP Morgan executive director joined a boutique private wealth firm in a newly-created role. Lipman Burgon & Partners has appointed Alex Pikoulas as portfolio manager within the firm's new investment Centre of Excellence. Bringing more than ...

Senior Rainmaker executive to join BlackRock

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Rainmaker Information has announced that Moe Alshawa, director of group sales and marketing, has left the company to pursue an opportunity with a major global investment firm. Alshawa joined Rainmaker in 2009 and in his role elevated Rainmaker's ...

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... institutional investor to sell the wholesale funds' interest in the company's six retirement living funds. If the sale goes ahead, investors in the Corinda, Maroochydore, Lutwyche, Middle Range, Bilinga and the Diversified Retirement Living funds ...