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Centrepoint's wealth business up 10pc

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... 14% to $2.8bn. The funding business recorded an underlying pre-tax profit of $2.5m, down 52% due to the soft general insurance market. Centrepoint announced that a final dividend of 1.2 cents per share fully franked to be paid on 16 October 2015. Total ...

QSuper announces new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... strategy, advice model and implemented a suite of managed funds. He has also held roles at AMP and APRA's predecessor, the Insurance and Superannuation Commission. Pennisi said he was aware that many members rely on QSuper as their largest financial ...

AMP names new Charter and ipac managing director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... led AMP's national sales team responsible for servicing the group's advice licensees across platforms, investments, insurance, SMSF and AMP Bank. He has been with AXA and AMP since 2001 and previously held senior roles with Westpac and Asgard Capital ...

TAL appoints Macquarie and AMP vets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... where he is currently head of wealth products and platforms. Before his current position at Macquarie, he was head of insurance at Macquarie Life. At TAL, Delaney will manage the company's life insurance products and customer and partner services. "Justin ...

AMP half-year profit up 33%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Genesys dealer group, which has cost the company $219 million in 2015 to date. Other strong underlying divisions included insurance (individual and group disability and income protection), driving $99 million in profit and closed legacy services (including ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Rainmaker managing director, said, "our data coverage depth now extends to 29,000 investment options, more than 15,000 group insurance policy risk selections, 2,500 fee options as well as the multitude of extra benefits available through super funds ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... years ago to create asset allocation solutions for institutional investors. The ISG mainly serves pension funds and insurance companies, and it manages about US$220 billion ($300 billion) globally. Wills sums up his current role at SSGA as "an interesting ...

Super outstrips other channels in disability risk profits

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
The profitability of disability income insurance within superannuation is outstripping comparable insurance products sold directly. The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that both the super and ...

BT reveals winners of national awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Group, headed by Gregory Lourens and Paul Roberts. BT's Rising Star is Nathan Treloar, from Western Australian firm KLW Insurance and Planning. The three winners were licensed under Securitor, while the national winner of the Licensee Select award was ...

Challenger's $300m profit and new product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... CarePlus will combine the benefits of a lifetime annuity, providing regular income for aged care costs, with life risk insurance providing estate planning certainty. Benari said over the past 12 months there had been a sea-change in attitudes towards ...