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Vamos joins Mercer board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Former long-serving ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos joined the board of Mercer's superannuation business as an independent non-executive director. Mercer Superannuation Australia board chair Jan Swinhoe welcomed Vamos to the board, noting that her ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Were it not for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's "package of gifts" delivered on America's 4th of July Independence Day celebrations, the goings-on in China would remain buried on page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
An industry super fund will reduce its insurance premiums by 6% and has pledged to lock the reductions until 2020. From 1 July 2017, Hostplus members will receive at least a 6% reduction to Death and Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) premiums. Hostplus ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
The Financial Services Council rolled out its Life Insurance Code of Practice, along with a new set of standardised medical definitions, on July 1. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies were ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
Argo Investments' Argo Global Listed Infrastructure company is seeking shareholder approval to make a key change to its investment mandate. Under the current arrangement, the infrastructure LIC has a possible allocation of up to 20% in fixed income ...

APRA finalises senior executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority completed its transition to a new organisational structure with the promotion of its chief risk officer and the creation of a position to oversee its risk and data analytics division. As of 1 July 2017 ...

New role builds Suncorp Marketplace momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Suncorp's executive general manager of insurance operations will head Suncorp Marketplace - the cornerstone of the business' strategy for improving the distribution of Suncorp's brand and third-party products. Promoted to the role of chief program excellence ...

Ausbil adds key MicroCap team hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
Ausbil Investment Management has made two appointments to its MicroCap team, following the departure of its star managers in April. Mason Willoughby-Thomas joins as a new portfolio manager for the Ausbil MicroCap Fund. Willoughby-Thomas was most recently ...

Looming super reforms benefit millions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
More than four million Australians will benefit from the superannuation reforms taking effect on 1 July, particularly women. The revived Low Income Superannuation Contribution, now labelled the Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO), will be received ...

FSU calls out NAB for lack of standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
Any compliance breaches made by NAB Financial Planning around the incorrect witnessing of Beneficiary Nomination forms prior to 31 May 2017 should not be included in the new conduct background check protocol. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union ...