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Trustee Partners names Australian GM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... strategic investments in both the Hong Kong Trust Company and the New Zealand Trust Company. "This is an exciting new development as it builds a strategic partnership across Asia for Trustee Partners," Sargon chief executive Phillip Kingston said. "Sargon's ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... adviser numbers, Cohen said. Freedom listed in the ASX in November 2016 and the following month terminated its product development and distribution contract with NobleOak. In February, Swiss Re became the insurer of its distributed products. Cohen flagged ...

Annuity sales soar as deferred products loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... customers increasingly seek to address longevity risk. Supporting this, adviser feedback has been incorporated into the development of deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) to guarantee the quality of the products and to ensure the FirstChoice and FirstWrap ...

CBA faces shareholder class action

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is potentially facing the largest shareholder class action in Australian history, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. In a statement, Maurice Blackburn said it was partnering with litigation funder IMF Bentham to open registrations ...

MBS Insurance welcomes two partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... and ongoing personal and professional growth. Both McCullough and MacKenzie were part of the firm's comprehensive development pathway that culminated in their appointment as authorised representatives in October 2015. The new partners have also been ...

Suitability: more than risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... paid to how investments complement the client's specific goals and circumstances, Oxford Risk explained. Business development director Andre Correia said defining the time horizon of investments is a crucial part of this. "An investor in their 30s saving ...

Modern Silk Road presents investment jewel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... Chinese companies that will directly benefit from the BRI, including large businesses in the areas of infrastructure development, transportation infrastructure construction, renewable energy development and distribution, and non-residential building ...

Financial lifestyle coaching: The future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... rises. A recent adviser 'think tank' hosted by Zurich - comprising four advisers, BT Financial Group head of licensee development Jessica Brady, Netwealth's Matt Heine and futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson - overwhelmingly supported the need for advisers ...

Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... set of skills that's not necessarily technical in nature. Moving from a reinsurance accounting role to managing the development of a reinsurance program she said, by way of example, doesn't necessarily lead to more technical knowledge about reinsurance. ...

Charter Hall launches new office fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... with a weighted average lease expiry of 9.2 years. PFA currently has six office buildings; a newly acquired office development in Adelaide fully leased to the South Australian Government for a 15-year period was most recently added to the portfolio. ...