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Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Advice services in the not-for-profit super fund sector are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 ...

Willis Re appoints global chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Global risk advisory firm and reinsurance broker Willis Group has appointed the global chair of its reinsurance division, Willis Re. In addition to his current roles as chair of Willis Re North America and president of Willis Re, Paddy Jago will now ...

Fitzpatricks growth burst all part of the plan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Recent high-profile adviser recruitments at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth are part of a "steady growth rate at a bigger scale," according to chief executive John Woodley. The past month has seen IOOF-aligned Main Street Financial Solutions and former ...

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
A majority of consumers would accept genetic testing for detecting life-threatening conditions as part of their risk assessments for life insurance, research found. A recent survey of 134 insurance employees and their personal contacts by global life ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
ASIC's actions against the financial services industry have decreased by 10% in the first half of 2015, from 90 in the previous six months to 81. Referencing the compensation programs underway at Macquarie and CBA, ASIC noted in its half-yearly enforcement ...

Apogee partners with CoreData to improve client experience

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
NAB-aligned licensee Apogee Financial Planning has partnered with CoreData to survey client experience across all of its advice practices, new general manager Brendan Johnson said. Speaking to Financial Standard, Johnson explained that working with ...

Suncorp Life super channel leads profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Suncorp has posted the full-year results for its life division, with its superannuation channel seeing the biggest in-force growth: 23.4% on the previous 12 months to $496 million. Suncorp said this was because of "strong growth in sales in both WealthSmart ...

JPMAM appoints APAC chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has appointed the chief executive of Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management (GIM). Michael Falcon was previously head of JPMAM's Asia Pacific funds and he replaces outgoing chief Jed Laskowitz, who will transition ...

OneVue appoints two executives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
OneVue has made two senior appointments from Nikko Asset Management and BNP Paribas. Craig Giffin joins as head of compliance, legal and responsible entity services. Prior to OneVue, he held roles at Nikko Asset Management, Fortis Investments and ABN ...