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Resolution Life names new investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Resolution Life Australasia appointed a chief investment officer in the New Year who joined from Avant Mutual. John Lucey became part of the executive team this month, responsible for leading the investment strategy and management for the life insurer. ...

Avanteos faces criminal charges over deceased super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
superannuation members. Avanteos pleaded guilty to 18 criminal charges relating to failures to update defective disclosure statements and continuing to charge fees to deceased super fund members. At the time of the offending, Avanteos was a subsidiary ...

Metrics hires three senior leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... Initiative, based in London. Lalit Barhate is the new director of internal audit and was previously the head of internal audit at Avant Mutual Group where he spent more than nine years. The new hires are all based in Sydney. Metrics managing partner ...

Mercer superannuation executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
A long-serving Mercer superannuation executive has left the firm to focus on board directorships. Jo-Anne Bloch was most recently a senior partner and head of superannuation services at Mercer, a role she held for less than a year. In her early years ...

NAB partners with life insurance, advice provider

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... to doctors and healthcare professionals. NAB's Medfin Finance team signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement with Avant Mutual and its lending subsidiary, Kooyong Group. Avant Mutual provides medical indemnity insurance, life insurance, financial ...

Colonial First State adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Colonial First State Investments Limited and Avanteos Investments Limited have added a former Mercer head of superannuation services to their trustee boards. Jo-Anne Bloch is joining the boards as a non-executive, independent director. She is currently ...

WAM Global performance rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
The $646 million listed investment company has announced a record investment portfolio for FY20, outperforming the index by 3.2%, ahead of its full-year results. WAM Global recorded investment portfolio performance of 30.7% and total shareholder return ...

Lifespan appoints compliance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... senior consultant for risk and compliance at Assured Support, and the head of risk management and commercial partnerships at Avant Mutual. He also worked at KPMG Australia, Total Financial Solutions and ANZ. Between 2011 and 2014, Caspar was at Lifespan ...

Life insurers recognised for innovation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... Protection). The new Debt Insurance Award went to MLC Life (Debt Insurance) and new Tailored Medical Sector Award went to Avant Mutual (Life and TPD Cover). Plan For Life regional managing director Rael Solomon said during 2020, the leading life insurers ...

CFS Investments chair to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The chair of Commonwealth Bank's Colonial First State Investments and Avanteos Investments will retire at the end of year. Anne Ward will finish up her eight-year term as non-executive director and chair at the end of December 2020. The group is ...