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MUFG Pension & Market Services awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... implement TCS software, with the potential to utilise solutions such as the BFSI Platform, which caters to the life insurance, pension, and annuities industries. Mumbai-based TCS won a mandate from the ASX in 2023 to provide clearing and settlement services. ...

Vision Super to drop fees upon merger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... March 2025, administration fees will drop from $78 per annum to $66.04 pa. This will be on top of the 2% reduction in insurance fee rates which were announced in September 2024. "That's just the start of the potential benefits we see ahead - our modelling ...

WA financial planning firm acquired by US insurance broker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has acquired Western Australia-based Wealth Management Partners (WMP), with the entire WMP team to remain under Arthur J. Gallagher's direction moving forward. Details of the transaction were not ...

Adviser number growth shoots?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... that's worth watching, and certainly something that we'll continue to watch over the next couple of years." Meanwhile, on insurance, based on estimates, around 1000 to 1500 advisers are regularly offering insurance advice, which highlights the ongoing ...

Insight Investment names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... investment, capital market and strategic initiatives. He also held various board positions across the asset management and insurance sector. Insight Investment considers Srivastava as an "exceptionally well-suited" successor of the retiring chief. Commenting ...

Perpetual awards mandate to Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2025
... offering. The Super Plan allows investors to save for retirement and offers death, disability, and salary continuance insurance cover to eligible members. The Pension Plan pays clients a regular pension from an accumulated superannuation upon retirement. ...

CC Capital Partners bids for Insignia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... it floated its subsidiary CF Corporation on the NASDAQ. In 2017, CF Corporation and fixed indexed annuities and life insurance provider Fidelity & Guaranty Life merged. Insignia added that CC Capital's proposal is "subject to a number of conditions ...

MetLife to acquire PineBridge Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
MetLife Investment Management, the US$603 billion asset management arm of insurance giant MetLife, is set to acquire PineBridge Investments from Pacific Century Group in a deal valued up to US$1.2 billion. The deal comprises US$800 million in cash at ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... strengthening its operations following the outage. MLC Life and Resolution Life Australasia to merge (December 11) MLC Life Insurance and Resolution Life Australasia are set to merge, creating one of Australia's largest life insurance businesses. ...

NESS Super partners for financial advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... including personalised investment recommendations, as well as contribution advice with personalised strategies and personal insurance advice. Members will also be able to receive real-time advice on their debts, like credit cards, mortgages and investment ...