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AIA announces two-year fee waiver

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
AIA Australia announced it is waiving fees on certain polices that can help improve lapse rates. The life insurer is waiving the policy fee for the first two years of new Priority Protection members. If applicable, it will also waive the AIA Vitality ...

ANZ hires Silicon Valley consultant for innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... Macquarie Technology Ventures and was most recently chief executive of a Silicon Valley consulting firm. Spector will lead a Group-wide function to accelerate ANZ's efforts to make customers' lives simpler and find new, innovative opportunities to build ...

New consultancy bridges IFA support gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... to up to $40,000. This might sound discouraging but on the other hand, advisers won't have to pay a fee to be part of a group, Rimmer said. GreenZone ultimately is aiming to create an independent or "buyers group" that will eventually be powerful enough ...

Pension fund consortium acquires renewable energy portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... Partners III fund, in conjunction with the Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), CIC Capital and a group of co-investors will acquire 100% equity interest in the wind and solar renewable energy portfolio of Equis Energy for ...

ANZ Wealth drags group's earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... billion. Insurance income decreased because of adverse insurance claims and a one-off experience loss due to the exit of a group life insurance plan, but was partially offset by reinsurance profit share, the bank said. Funds management income decreased ...

AIA Vitality launches charitable option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
AIA Australia has introduced charitable giving as part of its AIA Vitality rewards program. Under AIA Vitality's Active Benefits incentive, members have an option to donate rewards earned to one of three charities: the Black Dog Institute, Cancer Council ...

Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... posted. The trek formed part of the AFA Foundation's 10th anniversary celebrations. It partnered with Norgay Freeman to take a group of AFA members and defence force veterans on the Kokoda Trail. The group connected with Legacy Australia in Papua New ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... schoolkids (virtually!) to challenge their thinking around how to make advice more accessible to the public. Meanwhile, a group of tech-savvy financial advisers share their secrets on how to build your own media brand and in another room, experts discuss ...

Former Centrepoint executive joins Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... marketing in November. Walker announced his resignation at Centrepoint in early June. Walker spent the last 13 years as a group executive of investment solutions at Centrepoint Alliance, responsible for the development of its investment platform and ...

CommInsure executive joins AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
A former CommInsure executive has joined AMP as senior manager, insurance governance. Vicky Galanis joins AMP from CommInsure, where she was executive manager - life claims. Prior to that, she was head of individual insurance claims at AXA. Galanis ...