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Sequoia buys general insurance book

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... customer book of a brokerage firm. Sequoia Financial Group has acquired the customer book of Tag Insurance Brokers, its associated business assets, and independent premium funding company. It has also secured a new general insurance AFSL which will allow ...

Active Super adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... of the fund's Governance, Remuneration and Nomination Committee, and on the investment committee and boards of associated companies LIF Pty Ltd and Local Government Financial Services. Active Super chair Kyle Loades said Hagarty will bring a well-rounded ...

Licensee chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... the landscape at the time. His career in life insurance began with MLC and later Aetna Life & Casualty. He co-founded Associated Planners in 1989, which was later sold to Challenger in 2004 for $99.9 million. He was also instrumental in the merger of ...

TelstraSuper releases retirement income solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... amounts more frequently. TelstraSuper chief executive Chris Davies said this cash allocation feature will reduce the risk associated with drawdowns in bigger proportions during market downturns and deliver retirees a stable income that is sustainable ...

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... policies when some or all of these claims were not available to them. "ASIC has been concerned about the consumer harms associated with add-on insurance for some time. ASIC pursued a criminal case against CBA after it was clear customers had been sold ...

Crypto mining ETF launches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... long, investors have had to weigh up access to the growth of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies with the risks associated with investing through unregulated structures," Cosmos Asset Management chief executive Dan Annan said. "By offering a product ...

No proof of member benefit: APRA on super fund spends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... regulator said. Finally, APRA said it found instances of super funds being unable to demonstrate how additional benefits associated with sponsorships - benefits provided to super fund staff, directors or executives, such as tickets to sporting events ...

IOOF to adopt new name, brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... Ensuring the new identity remains connected to this rich history, the proposed new name represents a distinguishing emblem associated with membership and belonging. The new branding is also reflective of where IOOF is today and the opportunities that ...

ASIC bans adviser, cancels AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... regulator banned a Gold Coast-based financial adviser from providing financial services for four years and cancelled the associated AFSL for failure to comply with its general obligations. ASIC found that Frederick Steven Ackerman failed to act in the ...

IDII pitfalls advisers should avoid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... to insurance switching advice. Cameron has seen a fair number of complaints about unexpected costs and affordability associated with income protection products and step premiums - which are as common as complaints about whether advice received was the ...