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Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the Group states that claimants become entwined with a group of stakeholders with differing priorities and more needs to be done to ensure faster claims processes, clarity of timeframes ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... and collaborative giving is on the rise in Australia, with more than a third of philanthropists suggesting they give as a group as well as individually. The latest giving patterns of high-net-worth (HNW) and institutional givers was released by Giving ...

Fund manager appoints managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
A diversified Australian and South-East Asian fund manager boosted its leadership team with the appointment of a managing director, head of funds and wealth management. Former Certitude Global Investments chief executive Craig Mowll joined Aura Funds ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... with low volatility a greater weight in the portfolio. We call this inverse volatility weighted." Quantifeed looked at a group of US-listed companies active in designing robots and automation services and applied the inverse volatility weighting quantitative ...

Equitise launches group investment platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Crowdfunding specialist Equitise is launching a group investment platform giving retail investors opportunities to back start-ups vetted by high-profile venture capitalists and angel investors. The crowdfunding investment platform is collaborating with ...

CBA Group Super CIO retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The chief investment officer at Commonwealth Bank Group Super is retiring after more than 20 years' service at the corporate superannuation fund. Following 38 years' service with CBA, Gerard Parlevliet will retire from the banking group before the end ...

Former ANZ exec joins Xero board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
ASX-listed accounting software company Xero appointed a former ANZ executive to its board. New Zealand-based Susan Peterson, who joins Xero as an independent non-executive director, also serves as independent director for Trustpower, Vista Group, Property ...

Cahill resigns from Club Plus Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Long-serving Club Plus Superannuation chief executive and director of Club Plus Financial Planning Paul Cahill is resigning from the fund. Cahill was appointed the inaugural chief executive of Club Plus Super and has been chief executive of the NSW ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... deliberately short-changing employees and using false records to disguise the underpayments. "These breaches affected a group of employees least able to protect their own rights, and least able to locate and obtain employment in the community," Federal ...

ANZ unloads UDC Finance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
ANZ will sell UDC Finance to a global financial services, tourism, and logistics firm. Continuing its strategy to simplify its business, the bank announced it has entered a NZ$660 million agreement with HNA Group to sell the asset finance firm - a wholly ...