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HUB24 signs white label deal with Lifespan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
HUB24 has announced a white label partnership with Lifespan Financial Planning. The agreement means HUB24 will now provide investment administration and managed portfolio services for the $1.5 billion advice network, which employs 140 authorised representatives ...

Perennial proposes Century restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Perennial Value Management has submitted a restructure proposal to Century Australia Investments. In an ASX statement, Perennial said that while Century "has historically operated independent of the investment manager," the proposal "would be to the ...

Market slide widens super performance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Recent lower listed market returns are highlighting the performance gap between retail and not-for-profit superannuation funds, according to Rainmaker research. In the month to 31 January, the Rainmaker SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper ...

CommInsure enhances claims process

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
In response to recent media coverage, CommInsure chair Geoff Austin has apologised to affected customers and said "the concerns raised in the recent cases reported are not a reflection of the values of our people or our business." Austin added, "We ...

AFA calls out ISA on claims blame

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox has dismissed Industry Super Australia's calls to connect adviser remuneration with insurance claim decisions. Arguing that linking the two is "like blaming a petrol station for a driver who ...

ASIC tightens Macquarie's AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
ASIC has announced additional conditions on Macquarie Bank's Australian financial services licence following an investigation. ASIC investigated several Macquarie breach reports between 2004 and 2014 pertaining to "breaches of the client money provisions ...

NAS appoints product GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
NAB Asset Servicing has appointed a general manager, product. Allyson Bradnam joins NAB from RBC Financial Group in Canada, where she held numerous positions including global head of product, director client operations, head of portfolio management ...

CommInsure portfolio exec leaves for MetLife

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
MetLife has hired a new executive manager group insurance from CommInsure. Annette Torrington worked for CommInsure since 2007, joining as product manager, wholesale life insurance. After that she was a senior product manager, industry fund segment ...

Industry reacts to super objective

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Industry commentators have come out broadly in support of the discussion paper outlining the formal objective of Australia's superannuation system released yesterday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane said the move to formalise ...

AWI appoints CEO and MD

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Australasian Wealth Investments has appointed a new chief executive and managing director. Ron Hodge was previously chief operating officer at AWI; he is also the co-founder of managed funds discount broker InvestSMART, now owned by AWI. Hodge was previously ...