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Channel Capital partners with Sahota to launch new boutique

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... years in private debt, having previously been head of fixed income at Challenger and managing its $9.3 billion life insurance portfolio along with numerous institutional private debt mandates and separate accounts. He left Challenger in 2016 to join ...

Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
A new MetLife survey reveals almost 75% of working Australians are aware they have insurance within their superannuation and have actually reviewed it. The life insurer surveyed more than 1500 employees aged between 18 and 64-years-old, aiming to understand ...

ANZ sells life insurance business for $2.85 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
ANZ has sold its life insurance business for $2.85 billion in a move that will make the purchaser Australia's largest retail life insurer. Completing what the bank described as a "simplification" of its wealth division, ANZ sold the business to Zurich. ...

Super and insurance inquiry necessary: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
The Federal Government expanding the remit of the banking Royal Commission to include the insurance and superannuation sectors is strongly supported by the majority of readers polled in Financial Standard's weekly survey. More than 60% of respondents ...

REST rolls out its millennial pitch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... program. App functions include: Account balance and contribution summary Tips on the perks of having great super habits Insurance cover summary Retirement ready calculator New figures from Rainmaker Information reveal REST to be Australia's biggest millennial ...

New CFO named for $20bn industry fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... allowing us to continue to execute on our growth strategy." Horskins' appointment follows VicSuper's decision to switch its insurance provider from AMP to MetLife. The partnership with AMP commenced in 1994 or National Mutual as it was known then. It ...

AIA appoints regional head of IFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... of strategic partnerships, will take on the role of acting head of IFA distribution for Australia. AIA chief retail insurance officer Pina Sciarrone thanked Tremethick and Lennis-Harvey for their contribution to the success of AIA. "Our aim is to have ...

ASIC widens conflicted adviser remuneration rules

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... remuneration in financial advice both in light of recent reforms and to address specific concerns. Issued ahead of the life insurance framework deadline on January 1, Regulatory Guide 246 (RG 246) takes into account the additional provisions introduced ...

Fox joins Tribeca Financial board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... industry traverse through a tumultuous period of reforms, including FoFA, MySuper, professional standards and the Life Insurance Framework. Fox is also part of ASIC's 18-member Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP); a team of industry professionals ...

Centuria Capital appoints Macquarie veteran to board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... board. Evelyn Horton joins the board while also serving as a director at MLC Superannuation Trustees, Motor Accidents Insurance, Mission Australia and the Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation. She is also a member of the SMART Advisory Council. She was ...