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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller increase than expected. Initial claims for US unemployment insurance benefits rose to 294,000 last week, their highest level in six weeks and well above estimates, according to Labor Department ...

Frydenberg sets fuse on Trowbridge time bomb

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... an end to non-commission benefits, the inclusion of more providers on approved product lists and introducing a Life Insurance Code of Practice. "I think these are all really worthy of consideration," said Frydenberg. "My preference is that it is the ...

Combined Insurance to work with ASIC on fraud leak

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Combined Insurance Asia Pacific executive vice president Christopher Carey has said his company will "work with ASIC" to investigate the misconduct exposed by whistleblower Alison Moore. A former employee of the ACE Group-owned insurance firm, Moore ...

Another marquee hire for Rainmaker

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... stage investing options, retirement products and new classes of retail managed investments. The new environment for insurance and fees just reinforces this. Callinan was most recently senior manager of investment research at Perpetual Private prior to ...

Decimal Software partners with US fintech giant

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... give complex advice: "Decimal's platform supports all products types, including investments, super, post retirement, insurance, debt management and cash-flow."

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... soon developed an interest in mathematics and statistics. She then decided to pursue an actuarial career and joined an insurance company that acted as a consulting actuary for South African pension funds. "The industry was quite male-dominated at the ...

Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... disappointed by any government decision to ignore chair David Murray's recommendation against introducing a bank deposits insurance levy. Bank of Queensland chief executive, Jon Sutton, said they would like to see the government give clear guidance on ...

Rice Warner chief supports commissions cap

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... the existing commissions scheme was fundamentally misaligned. "Financial advisers provide advice to consumers on their insurance needs and suitable products, yet they are paid by the successful life companies which provide the product," he said. "The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... up three cents at $33.91 and Santos was 4.5 cents higher at $6.975. Meanwhile, QBE jumped 36 cents to $13.15 as the insurance giant announced it was considering lifting its dividend payout ratio after returning to profitability in a $1 billion turnaround ...

Ex-Macquarie division head takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Insurance House has appointed ex-Macquarie Bank division director Jason Fereday as its new chief executive and managing director. The insurance broker appointed Fereday following the announcement that its current managing director, Wayne Hildebrand ...