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CFS awards platform technology mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
Colonial First State awarded a major technology mandate in a bid to revamp its wrap platform. Specialist investment platform provider FNZ won the task of transforming FirstWrap, replacing its underlying technology as CFS attempts to cement its lead ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
From skyrocketing property prices to a foreboding stock market crash, financial advisers reveal their clients' main worries in 2022. Wild swings across the local and international share markets is a concern for many clients, particularly as indices ...

CBA Group Super overhauls service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
The contracts for administration, custody and financial advice services at Commonwealth Bank Group Superannuation will soon be handed over to new providers, ending some long-standing relationships. A spokesperson for the super fund confirmed to Financial ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... Lifespan Financial Planning (251), Count Financial (249), Ord Minnett (239) and Alliance Wealth (215). As a result, bank and insurer-aligned advisers now only represent 27% of the segment. Another growing trend Rainmaker found is the rapid rate in which ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... illiquidity. The majority (73%) of insurers also believe there is greater scope to add more risk. The firm's inaugural Insurer Investment Survey, which canvassed 90 insurers from 20 countries that included Australia, found that portfolios invested 10% ...

Resolution Life names new investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... became part of the executive team this month, responsible for leading the investment strategy and management for the life insurer. He finished up at Avant Mutual after serving in a similar role as investments chief more than five years. Prior to that ...

Retail super fund to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... into wealth management customers." CUBS Superannuation is administered by Mainstream Superannuation Services. Its group insurer is TAL and Atchison Consultants serves as asset consultant.

MLC Life adds to retail distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The life insurer has made a series of appointments to its retail distribution team in the hopes of strengthening its licensee and adviser relationships. Four new additions have been made, reporting to general manager of retail distribution partnerships ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The Financial Services Council appointed an acting chief executive as it looks to replace Sally Loane, who steps down on December 23. Blake Briggs, currently the deputy chief executive of the FSC, will take the top job in the interim. Briggs joined ...

Super fund appoints new insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Having had separate insurance arrangements to date, next year will see Equip and Catholic Super adopt the same insurer - putting an end to some longstanding arrangements. Effective 1 July 2022, members of Equip and Catholic Super will be covered by ...