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ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... advisers who meet specific thresholds relating to lapsed policies. ASIC analyses these reports and other data to identify a group of high risk advisers. The resulting 'high risk list' is not in itself an assessment of poor quality advice, ASIC said ...

Aviva wholesale sales head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
The head of wholesale sales at Aviva Investors has left the company and a recruitment process is underway to find his replacement. Karl Linder joined Aviva in 2015 and was responsible for building out the firm's wholesale wealth management business. ...

ANZ attempts sale to Chinese conglomerate, blocked by NZ regulator

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
ANZ's attempted sale of a subsidiary business to a Chinese firm has been blocked by New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office. HNA Group has been in talks to purchase UDC Finance, an asset financing firm acquired by ANZ Bank New Zealand in 1980. ANZ ...

Former AustralianSuper risk head joins AIA ahead of CommInsure acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
AustralianSuper's former head of investment performance, risk and exposure management has joined AIA Australia ahead of its expected CommInsure acquisition in 2018. AIA told Financial Standard that Daniel Craine has joined the insurer in a "project ...

AIA appoints regional head of IFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
AIA Australia will drive growth in the Asia region with the appointment of a new head of IFA distribution. Sam Tremethick, who first joined the life insurer in 2012 as national manager of strategic partnerships before accepting the role of IFA head ...

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 ...