Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 411 - 420 of 5260 results for "Jan"

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
Insurers will no longer be able to use genetic test results in life insurance underwriting, with a total ban to be introduced by the government. Earlier this year, the government consulted on the use of genetic test results in underwriting life insurance ...

MLC Life appoints two C-suite executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a chief executive, individual business and a chief customer and strategy officer. Gerard Kerr joins the life insurer as chief executive, individual business, while Jane McGovern moves internally from chief risk officer ...

Former director sentenced for misappropriating investor funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The former director of Reiwa-Capital has been sentenced to home detention after he was found guilty of misappropriating $440,000 of investors' funds, including gambling some of it. Russell Sandiford was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment ...

Zurich appoints chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of David Wainwright to the position of chief risk officer for Australia and New Zealand. Wainwright has close to 25 years' experience in financial services and joins from Zurich in the ...

CLSA penalised over data mistakes

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
CLSA Australia paid a penalty of $144,300 in relation of an infringement notice for failing to provide correct regulatory data to the relevant market operator. The infringement noticed, given by Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), considered that from ...

NGS Super names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Following a revision of its constitution, NGS Super will welcome its first independent chair in 2025. The industry fund, which caters to education professionals, has revised its constitution to allow for the inclusion of independent directors on its ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 3.5% in the 12 months to July, down from 3.8% in June, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The most significant contributors to the annual rise were housing ...

APRA reorganises as it sets sights on superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has published its latest corporate plan as well as some changes to its internal structure. The corporate plan outlines how the regulator will maintain the "strength and stability of Australia's banks ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
The government has passed legislation that will put in place new powers for regulators to protect financial market infrastructure in the event of a crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the new laws will provide regulators with more powers to manage financial ...

Insignia Financial books $185m loss, halts dividends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
The costs associated with the wealth giant's transformation and increased remediation provisions have resulted in a $185.3 million net loss and the need to pause dividends as it undertakes a strategic review. Releasing its full-year results to the ASX ...