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Resolution Life completes NZ$410m life business transaction

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Resolution Life's trans-Tasman life insurer, Resolution Life Australasia, has completed the acquisition of Asteron Life New Zealand. The takeover, reported last year by Financial Standard, further cements Resolution Life as the second largest life insurer ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Donald Trump has officially been sworn in as the 47 th US President as he takes on his second, non-consecutive term. Trump took to the stage for his "Day 1" official address unleashing a raft of executive orders and reaffirming his America first policies. ...

Coalition members call for superannuation guarantee reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Coalition members have called for reforms that would give workers the choice to limit their superannuation guarantee (SG) - to receive higher take-home pay. National Party senator Matt Canavan said the Coalition should consider giving workers more control ...

NRL legend joins private wealth firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Ex-National Rugby League (NRL) player Cooper Cronk has joined Viola Private Wealth as an ambassador. Cronk, who's rugby league career included 372 games for the Melbourne Storm and Sydney Roosters, won six premierships, and was inducted into the Hall ...

ART beefs up analytics team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
Australian Retirement Trust has recruited two specialists to help lead its strategic, digital, and cultural transformation. First up, Sarah Dunn has been appointed general manager of transformation. She joins from Victorian Funds Management Corporation ...

AMP product chief jumps to Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Perpetual has a new global head of product to replace Annie Rozenauers, who departed a couple of weeks ago. Rozenauers - who served as global product governance within the asset management business for ten years - has all but retired from the industry ...

Federation AM invests in Astris Advisory

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
Federation Asset Management has taken a stake in Japanese financial services firm Astris Advisory Japan K.K. for an undisclosed amount. The Tokyo-based advisory firm helps connect Japanese corporates with the international investment community and vice ...

QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) lent $32 million to back Pacific Equity Partners' (PEP) acquisition of ATOM Group, an industrial and safety goods distributor. QIC Private Debt made the transaction via PEP's Fund VII. PEP flagged late ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The life insurer has promoted two from within to the roles of head of retail sales and head of strategic sales, as it sets in motion expansion plans. Nathan Leonard is the insurer's new head of retail sales. He first joined NEOS when it launched in ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Resolution Life has acquired Asteron Life New Zealand for NZ$410 million. Resolution Life will buy the business from Suncorp Group. In doing so, it will become the second largest life insurer in New Zealand, with about 165 employees and a network of ...