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Super fund GM resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... response to the Protecting Your Super package which led to tens of thousands of impacted members opting to retain their insurance." Salloum has more than 30 years' experience in financial services, having begun his career at Lumley Life (since acquired ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... Howes flagged that the funds management business is expanding in Japan, opening a Tokyo office to support the MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings relationship and to develop distribution opportunities in the region. A Japanese real estate funds management ...

Low inflation rate masks rising living costs woes

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... 4.9%, and vegetables by 6.2%. Petrol prices have also gone up in the last 12 months, as is the cost of private health insurance, which continues to grow at around twice the general rate of inflation, he said. "Many retirees would have welcomed the recent ...

Ex-ANZ adviser goes solo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... potentially have a lot of debt, potentially have young kids, should start thinking about super but possibly haven't and insurance is getting expensive because we're getting older. Essentially me and my mates," she said. As for the name, Laird explained ...

CFS trims corporate super distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... results announced last week showed that wealth management, which is made up of superannuation, investment, retirement and insurance products and financial planning, turned in $413 million in NPAT, down 42% year on year.

Zurich chief to depart, successor named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... acquisition of OnePath Life. Zurich regional chief executive for Asia Pacific Jack Howell said: "Our Australian life insurance operations are now our largest regional revenue contributor and underpin our growth aspirations throughout Asia Pacific." He ...

AFA names Female Excellence finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... aim, is to encourage more women to seek advice so that they can be adequately resourced for retirement and obtaining insurance," he said. "With more women in the industry, we hope this will be a natural progression." The winner will receive a $15,000 ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... highly skewed toward investment strategy and performance, would also take into account fees, governance, innovation and insurance. MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner highlighted concerns the list emphasises "better net returns" and "high performing ...

Tasmanian super funds seek insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... Superannuation Scheme (TASSS) are expected to open tender this month. The contract is to provide life and income protection insurance (death, permanent incapacity, terminal illness and temporary incapacity cover) for an eight-year period, expected to ...

Westpac fined over reporting failure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... "Access to accurate and timely data is critical for APRA to monitor effectively the safety and stability of the banking, insurance and superannuation sectors." He re-enforced that APRA's reporting standards are legally binding in the same way as ...