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Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
The Productivity Commission has taken a deeper dive into insurance inside superannuation and cast doubt into the sector's ability to help the Government alleviate social security payments. Releasing a supplementary paper to its May draft report ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As more superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
BlackRock has appointed a Sydney-based managing director to lead its renewable energy investments in Asia Pacific as it eyes new opportunities in the region. Charlie Reid is relocating from London for the role and will be responsible for sourcing, executing ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As talks about a global recession grow louder, financial advisers and investors are repositioning their clients' nest eggs against a market crash or an economic slowdown. In the past fortnight, a JPMorgan quantitative model predicted a 60% chance ...

Social media reacts to SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Attendees of the world's largest banking conference took to social media to share their SIBOS experience. Swift at sibos today: "The benefits of DLT are promising, but delivering it is still years away." There are over 100 financial institutions with ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Experts say Millenials and the Gen Z generation are going to make the gender and race equality debate obsolete in the workplace, even in the hypermasculine sector of financial services. Speaking at SIBOS this week, Rachel Cooper, professor in Gender ...

Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
A former Olympic swimmer has been named as the new chief executive at a diversified financial services firm. Grant Hackett was appointed chief executive at the Generation Development Group (GDG) annual general meeting yesterday. Hackett's focus ...

Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Challenger's top job is seeing a change of guard as its chief executive of six years Brian Benari steps down to retire. Replacing Benari is Challenger's head of distribution, product and marketing Richard Howes. Benari will step down from the ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...