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Big four ditch ATM withdrawal fees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac have collectively abolished ATM withdrawal fees for non-customers. In a statement, ANZ said that non-customers will no longer be charged $2 to withdraw from ANZ-branded ATMs. ANZ group executive Fred Ohlsson acknowledged that ...

Multi-member SMSFs shun risky investments: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... studies have also shown that the desire for social acceptance leads individuals to behave differently when they behave in a group. "Group behaviour can either exacerbate or counteract the effects of behavioural biases. In the context of investing, group ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
The Commonwealth Bank has sold 100% of its Australian and New Zealand life insurance businesses to AIA Group for $3.8 billion. The sale of CommInsure Life and Sovereign also includes a 20-year bancassurance partnership with AIA for the provision of ...

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Group insurers not doing enough to prevent the growing problem of employees owning multiple superannuation funds and life insurance premiums is equivalent to theft, according to today's life insurance parliamentary inquiry. Senate Parliamentary Joint ...

More clarity needed in key person risk management: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... created through the knowledge, skills and capabilities that reside in employees, as well as their shared knowledge as a group," Vamos said. She continued that the true value story of a company's people is rarely told well in corporate disclosures. "Without ...

BNP Paribas AM acquires fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... using reliable, user-friendly and adaptable digital interfaces," BNP Paribas said. Gambit, which was launched in 2007 by a group of university academics, and also recently launched a proprietary B2C robo-adviser, Birdee, which is currently being rolled-out ...

AZ NGA acquires Wealthmed Australia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... succession solution and "de-risk" our succession in a volatile, competitive market." "This, combined with being part of a group of planners whom we respect and admire, make us every excited about the future of Wealthmed." AZ NGA was established in November ...

AZ NGA continues acquisition spree

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... succession solution and "de-risk" our succession in a volatile, competitive market. This, combined with being part of a group of planners whom we respect and admire, make us every excited about the future of FHM."

Independent director joins Westpac board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Westpac appointed a technology and innovation expert as an independent, non-executive director to its board. With about 30 years of commercial and business management experience, Nerida Caesar will join the bank's board effective September 1. Caesar ...

Aura appoints new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Having recently boosted its financial planning network through an acquisition, Aura Group is also welcoming a new head of distribution. Chris Faddy joined Aura in May from Vantage Point Asset Management, where he was head of distribution and client ...