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MLC Life appoints group insurance executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive lead to its group insurance business, recruiting from NSW Treasury. Andrea Forbes has joined MLC Life as executive lead - relationship management, group insurance. She joins from NSW Treasury where she was ...

APRA announces new executive roles, organisational structure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
APRA said the changes are designed to "better align" its organisational structure with the strategic objectives previously set out in its Corporate Plan for 2019 to 2023. The regulator said it will move to an industry-based supervision model, with separate ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
The government's move to include compulsory superannuation in its retirement income review has been welcomed by the financial services sector. Responding to the government's establishment of a review of the retirement income system, the peak ...

National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Australia's peak advocacy body for seniors partnered with a specialist retirement funding provider in an effort to improve retirement outcomes. National Seniors Australia (NSA) has partnered with Household Capital to work towards better retirement outcomes ...

Departures on Aberdeen Standard fixed income team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Two experienced investors have left Aberdeen Standard Investments' $4.8 billion Australian fixed income team and the manager is now flying in support from London and recruiting for a new credit investor. Jasmin Argyrou, investment director on Australian ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
Latest figures from ASIC's Financial Adviser Register (FAR) paint a telling picture of the state of Australia's financial advice sector, with close to 3000 advisers dropping out of the industry since February. According to Rainmaker analysis, the official ...

AFA names Female Excellence finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Women who are standouts in their community contributions have come out on top in the 2019 Female Excellence in Advice Award (FEIA) finalists list. That's according to TAL general manager retail distribution Niall McConville, who said the finalists stood ...

MLC Life appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a new executive, focused on driving new business in group insurance, from Freedom Insurance Group. Sean Williamson, most recently chief executive of the embattled Freedom Insurance Group, will join MLC Life this month ...

UniSuper advice offering surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
Demand for UniSuper's specialist advice offering has nearly quadrupled in the last five years, peaking at $13 billion in funds under advice at the end of June 2019. The $80 billion superannuation fund recently opened a member centre in Adelaide ...

Super fund awards Aussie equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
A $43 billion superannuation scheme awarded a mandate worth more than $200 million to Omega Global Investors. State Super allocated the funds to Omega's smart beta-plus strategy, complementing its existing Australian equity portfolio. Omega joins ...