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AMP names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... appointment, De Ferrari said: "AMP is an iconic Australian company with strong, market-leading positions in wealth management, insurance and asset management. I feel very privileged to have been chosen to lead the business and to have the opportunity ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Foreign companies continue to gain the lion's share of Australia's life insurance industry, with the recent sale of CommInsure and OnePath set to boost foreign ownership from less than half to 66%, KPMG research shows. According to the Life ...

Finance sector in top three for giving: Report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... most giving corporate donor, with 0.89% of its pre-tax profit donated. Financial services giants Macquarie (0.61%), QBE Insurance (0.55%), Suncorp (0.55%) and AMP (0.48) all also figured in the report's top 10 corporate donors. The report is an initiative ...

Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... commentators took to Twitter to have their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics Index score of all sectors this year..." > @GovInstAus Ethics Index https://t.co/aFMfY5A7OI ...

Intra-fund advice conflicted: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... advice." In essence, members receive advice around the benefits in their superannuation fund, whether it's to do with insurance, investment options or making additional contributions that could take the form of factual information or general advice ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... he said. SUSI's four existing funds are now closed, with about 65 institutional investors across pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. The SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II, where European Investment Bank has a mandate, is currently ...

Entertainment spend retains members: Hostplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... best-performing funds, members leave their money with Hostplus "to take advantage of the investment performance of the fund or the insurance features of the fund." From 1 July 2016 to 2018, funds under management for the indexed balanced option jumped ...

TAL appoints customer operations lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... Matt Paterson. He has 15 years' experience in financial services, with a strong focus on wealth management and life insurance. In his most recent role, he was a principal at customer experience company Limebridge Australia. He has also spent 12 years ...

Financial services confidence continues spiral

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... the detriment of customers. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steven Burrell said banking, finance and insurance companies are likely to fall beyond their current consumer sentiment low-point as the financial services Royal Commission ...

CFS and a messy MySuper transition

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... MySuper. It went on to say if members transferred out of personal MyChoice super, they would risk losing benefits like insurance cover. Counsel assisting the Commission Michael Hodge alleged CFS tried to scare the members into staying in their current ...