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BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... drive our business forward," Fink said. Stork joined BlackRock in 1999 after working as a portfolio manager for a life insurance company. He was the deputy head of BlackRock's EMEA business from 2005 to 2008. After this, he was the global head of ...

Wealth an unnecessary failure: Thorburn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... the way Australia's banks might have hoped. The NAB boss said wealth management discussions such as the need for life insurance and how to save for retirement didn't come naturally to bankers, adding wealth management was outside the natural circle of ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... would be used. Industry funds' biggest wins were in checking investments (0.7 points higher than retail), checking insurance (0.6 points higher), opening Transition to Retirement (TTR) accounts (0.7 higher) and locating Age Pension information (0.6 ...

SelectingSuper honours super industry leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... than just returns. "There's how it serves its members, its communications, its governance, how trustworthy it is, insurance and the experience member's get when they call you up for a claim," he said. "Not enough funds are delivering the returns ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... to the public, APRA and ASIC was investigating the bank's conduct in fees-for-no-service, misselling of credit card insurance and its violation of anti-terrorism and money laundering laws. CBA's group chief risk officer of the time David Cohen failed ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A $5.5 billion superannuation fund scrapped several fees, discounted its insurance premiums and changed administrators. EISS Super announced several changes that took effect from 1 October 2018 affecting its superannuation, pension, retirement scheme ...

MetLife expands retail arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... after more than eight years at AMP. At AMP, Murphy was focused on business development for the group's platform and insurance offers. Head of retail sales Matt Lippiatt said the appointments come off the back of recently launched MetLife Protect, a life ...

Stop genetic testing questions: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... the Financial Services Council announcing it will establish a moratorium to stop using genetic test results as part of insurance applications on 1 July 2019. From this date, consumers will be able to get up to $500,000 in life insurance cover without ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... research in this crucial area of performance measurement and remuneration." The research was supported by Deloitte, the Insurance Council of Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, and FINSIA.

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... [there won't be]," he said. Orr grilled Comyn on CBA's poor selling practices, specifically on consumer credit insurance, and home loan and personal loan protection products. Comyn said the process of remediation is still underway, with $10.5 ...