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Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... driven largely by Nippon Life Japan acquiring 80% of MLC Life Insurance in 2015. CBA sold 100% of its Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses to AIA Group for $3.8 billion. The sale of CommInsure Life and Sovereign also includes a 20-year ...

AustralianSuper bolsters executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... executive, people and culture. Glover joins the fund from Mercer where she was people and culture leader for Australia and New Zealand. Glover adds expertise in the areas of employee engagement initiatives, acquisitions, business partnerships and diversity ...

Government mulls reforms to tax residency rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... the lone rule by which the Government determines a person's residency. This is already the case in nations such as New Zealand and the UK. Currently, there are several other tests used to determine a person's residency. The primary test for establishing ...

Software provider wins European asset management mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... Earlier this month the solutions provider released enhancements and legislative updates to Sonata for its Australian and New Zealand clients. According to Bravura the enhancements include support for defined benefit superannuation, group life insurance ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... industry superannuation fund. River and Mercantile Asset Management is welcoming Tim Horan to lead its Australian and New Zealand operation. The River and Mercantile Global High Alpha Fund opened as a registered unit trust in Australia earlier this month ...

NZ Super Fund appoints CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The NZ$38 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund has confirmed its new chief executive after a global search for its next leader. Matt Whineray has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund, beginning July 1. Most recently ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... paid more than $75 million in claims to members with active but low balance superannuation in 2017. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said it is simply not the case that young people don't require cover or that they work exclusively ...

Members abandon bank-aligned group insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... entity in the group insurance space. In September last year, AIA Group agreed to buy 100% of CBA's Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses for $3.8 billion. In early May, NAB announced to exit the majority of its wealth management operations ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... Commission said it was formally green-lighting "fast-track" negotiations on a free-trade agreement with Australia and New Zealand after eight months of initial assessments. The move could give ease Australia's access to the world's second-largest ...

Link Group names Fund Solutions chief

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... executive for its Link Fund Solutions business. Most recently, Paul Khoury was head of global services for Australia and New Zealand at State Street. He previously held three other State Street roles: Asia Pacific head of asset manager sector sales ...