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Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... months. Russell said that he was "pleased that the board's work with Silk on succession planning, including a board review of external candidates, had enabled the appointment of such a high-calibre internal candidate". The board had unanimously decided ...

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... deputy chair Karen Chester said. "Better industry practice and improved consumer outcomes followed ASIC's deep dive review of direct sales of life insurance in 2018 and three years of concerted regulatory action. Notably, the deep dive review also informed ...

Fund managers failing value assessments: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... delivering value to investors and justifying their fees, a review from the UK's financial services regulator reveals. A review of 18 fund managers between July 2020 and May 2021 by the Financial Conduct Authority found that active managers do not ...

ASIC review of ESG products underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
The corporate regulator has confirmed it is undertaking a review of ESG funds, analysing whether they're as 'green' as they claim to be. Writing on the aims of the review, ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said there is growing anxiety as to the risks ...

AMP Capital GEFI sold to Macquarie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... records, we're pleased to deliver such a positive outcome for our clients, our GEFI teams and AMP shareholders. Our review of the GEFI business last year showed it had strong investment capabilities and performance but needed greater scale and broader ...

Westpac sells NZ life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... locally owned insurer, the cornerstone investor of which is NZ Super Fund. The decision to sell follows a comprehensive review of Westpac's entire New Zealand business which it had originally intended to demerge, citing increased regulatory requirements. ...

AIA appoints head of strategic partnerships

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... her new role at AIA, Hancox will be a part of the group distribution team. AIA said it has recently done a strategic review of the group insurance distribution team. "Harumi is experienced, progressive and passionate about group insurance and ensuring ...

Qantas Super introduces passive option, drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... than what is needed to meet member benefits. Qantas will resume normal funding arrangements from 1 January 2022, with a review of the reduced contributions planned for November.

NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... Charles Hyde joined the Guardians in 2015 and has since chaired a risk budgeting team and been involved in the 2020 review of the reference portfolio, reviews of investment hurdles and proxies and climate change strategy. Hyde will commence as head of ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... to these risks. It's on that basis that I have moved this amendment, which simply does this: it seeks to have a review of the operation of this bill." Anderson said her comments are "unfair and unreasonable and is doing too much damage to the financial ...