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ANZ sells NZ life insurance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... a larger customer base," she said. ANZ sold its Australian OnePath Life operations to Zurich late last year, making the latter Australia's largest retail life insurer. "From the outset, we've been focused on partnering with a high-quality organisation ...

Industry fund drops admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... FutureSaver and Flexible Income accounts. Fees for the former have been reduced from 0.28% to 0.19% per annum, while the latter have decreased to 0.22% from 0.28% per annum. VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said the fund regularly reviews fees ...

AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... Federal Court. Backed by IMF Bentham, it is representing those who purchased shares between 6 May 2013 and 13 April 2018. The latter filed in the NSW Supreme Court and will act on behalf of anyone that invested in AMP between 10 May 2012 and 15 April ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... and sequential investment models. NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) chief investment officer Stewart Brentnall said the latter is still prevalent in the industry because it is convenient. Brentnall said large asset owners often employ less than 20% of ...

ASIC grilled over negotiating with banks

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... advice can be a better outcome than levying a fine or simply removing a license," she said. She justified this by saying the latter option often leads to advisers from a banned licensee simply moving to another one. Orr asked whether ASIC was concerned ...

Royal Commission singles out 325 NAB staff cutting corners

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... employment procedures, regulatory procedures (providing notifications to ASIC) and then professional association discipline. The latter was considered to be a lesser priority at the time, although Hagger said this has since been remedied. When Meyn's ...

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... Wagga-based business unit and another member firm, Total Financial Solutions, also sold a 30% stake in Nixon Advisory to the latter's founder, Bob Nixon.

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Manufacturing PMI survey are any indication, the synchronised global upswing that was the stuff of investor optimism in the latter part of last year is beginning to lose momentum. The survey shows..."the JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI - a composite ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... that companies that score well on material ESG issues outperform companies that score well on immaterial ESG issues. The latter might have good practices but are not helping society or other businesses," Mehta said. The materiality focus and the ability ...

WAM calls to remove Aurora as RE of listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... units in a trust." In January, though, WAM withdrew its intention to make a takeover bid for Molopo Energy following the latter making a disqualifying transaction. WAM chair Geoff Wilson explained to the ASX that the takeover bid was announced "following ...