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Zurich fund receives first rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia's Emerging Markets Equity Fund has received its first rating from Zenith. Rated 'Recommended', Zenith noted the fund's unique focus on companies with sustainable high dividend yield and its ability to outperform low ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money and have poor financial literacy, CBA has rolled out ...

AFA recognises outstanding advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Practice of the Year. Now in its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award is a joint initiative between the AFA and Zurich, and is regarded as one of Australia's most prestigious awards for financial advisers. In its third year, the AFA Practice ...

Bennelong appoints new product manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... product manager, corporate trustee services at Equity Trustees. She previously held roles with UBS Wealth Management in Zurich and Morgan Stanley in Switzerland and Italy. She is also a former investment writer, marketing and communications for Legg ...

Zurich reveals risk distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Zurich has unveiled an expanded distribution team following its acquisition of Macquarie Life's risk business. Having already appointed Dave Evans to the role of national sales manager, the insurer has now added a further 14 new members across its business ...

Zurich vet joins SuiteBox

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Zurich's former head of sales strategies life and investments has taken up a new role at subscription-based mobile office software provider SuiteBox. Andy Marshall, who worked with Zurich - initially as a regional sales manager - from 2012 to September ...

Federal Court approves Zurich's Macquarie acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Six months after the deal was first made public, the Federal Court of Australia has finally approved Zurich's acquisition of Macquarie Life's risk business. Following the acquisition, Zurich will become Australia's fourth-biggest retail life insurer ...

AFA Adviser of the Year finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and Zurich have announced the finalists for AFA Adviser and Practice of the Year, and the Female Excellence in Advice Award. The potential advisers of the year are Darren Johns from Align Financial, Jason Peterson ...

Zurich appoints APAC CEO from Generali

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Zurich has appointed a chief executive for the Asia-Pacific region. Jack Howell joins Zurich from Generali, where he was chief executive, Asia. Prior to that, he was chief executive at Prudential Assurance. He was also a chief executive and director ...

Zurich establishes risk specialist team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has created a new risk specialist team in anticipation of Macquarie Life joining Zurich later in 2016. The national team will be responsible for the creation and presentation of life insurance content to support Zurich's ...