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CFS technical expert moves to Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
A long-serving Colonial First State technical expert is moving to Australian Unity. Australian Unity's advice arm appointed Yvonne Chu as its head of technical services. Chu spent more than 11 years at CFS, starting as a technical manager before ...

AustralianSuper says women face superannuation poverty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
New research from AustralianSuper unearths startling realities about women facing poverty in retirement. The study, conducted with the help of Monash University, found mounting evidence surrounding the gender gap in superannuation after interviewing ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Aviva chief executive Mark Wilson is stepping down from the top job and will exit in April 2019. The UK insurance, pensions, investments and asset management firm said Wilson and its board have mutually agreed that Wilson will leave the group. Aviva ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
MetLife has won a group insurance mandate from an $8.8 billion superannuation fund. Tasplan appointed MetLife to deliver insurance offerings to its 145,000 members, replacing incumbent group insurer CommInsure. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick ...

Mason Stevens launches global equity SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
Mason Stevens has launched a global equity separately managed account within its investment and administration service. Franklin Templeton Investments Australia's Franklin Concentrated Global Equity Ex-Australia Model Portfolio SMA suits investors seeking ...

The goals-based opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
Only 30% of Australians know what their goals in life are, revealing a significant opportunity for financial advisers using a goals-based approach. According to new research from Advice Intelligence, about 70% of Australians don't know what their goals ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
Commonwealth Bank has responded to widespread criticism of its longstanding Dollarmites program. Executive general manager of the bank's retail arm, Mark Jones said CBA is proud of its school banking program, which has been running now for 87 years. ...

NAB combines teams, appoints executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
NAB is merging its customer experience and marketing teams, appointing an executive general manager to steer the integrated function. Suzana Ristevski will step into the role of executive general manager, marketing and customer experience to lead a ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
The chief executive of Freedom Insurance Group has left the company effective immediately and more than half of its workforce is being made redundant. Chief executive Keith Cohen, who has been at the helm for nearly nine years, will be replaced by chief ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Aussie millennials are reluctant to consolidate their superannuation or take on risk while investing after six months of Royal Commission revelations, according to new research. Micro-investing platform Raiz Invest found that nearly 58% millennials ...