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Banking inquiry becomes Royal Commission alternative

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... consumers' best interests at heart. In particular the inquiry will examine: The impact of misconduct in the banking, insurance and financial services industry on victims and on consumers The impact on consumers of executive and non-executive remuneration ...

ASIC bans SA insurance broker

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
ASIC has permanently banned an insurance broker in South Australia. Christopher Griggs was the sole director of Mount Pleasant-based Chris Griggs Insurance Offices. ASIC's investigation determined Griggs had dishonestly benefited from insurance premium ...

QIC inks deal with Chinese asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... Ping An Asset Management Company (PAAMC), the asset management subsidiary of China's second-largest insurer, Ping An Insurance, represents the first relationship QIC has pursued with a Chinese institution. As at end-2015, PAAMC had roughly $395 billion ...

AMP advice chief departs in executive restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... executives. As a result of the changes, AMP's group executive, advice and banking Rob Caprioli will depart. Group executive, insurance, super and risk management Pauline Blight-Johnston and group executive operations Wendy Thorpe will also leave the ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... members." "The objectives also reflect the obligations and constraints on superannuation trustees, such as providing useful insurance to members while protecting their retirement balances," the Commission's research report said. The Commission has repeated ...

Future of advice is bionic, not robo

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... Chun said. "If you're able to have a world where the financial planner is focused of aged care, health care, the health insurance premiums, if your clients are mentally much more confident their health will be much more positive. "Financial advice has ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... Canberra yesterday, Bowen slammed Kelly O'Dwyer's comments about super funds having the same board structure as banks and insurance companies. "That strikes me as a particularly ill contribution to the debate. We can have a debate about super funds and ...

Mercer chooses new super insurance partner

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016

Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... remain in the same fund over the long term," Hill said. "Our research also shows that superannuation and associated insurance is an opportunity to make a company more attractive to current and prospective employees. An overwhelming majority of permanent ...

AMG CEO says alpha is all about people

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... prevailing narrative for boutique managers was for "holding companies like Bank of New York, Legg Mason or banks or insurance companies to buy them up, view them as employees and buy 100% of their equity." He said AMG recognised if they adopted that ...