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Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical ...

Schroders director jumps to Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
An investment director in Schroders local business is moving to Robeco, as the latter adds two others to its Asia Pacific team. Rupeng Chen worked on Schroders' global and emerging market quantitative equity products across Asia Pacific, based out of ...

AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
AMP is facing a fresh class action, as Shine Lawyers confirms it is investigating whether the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. Shine Lawyers alleges the beleaguered firm failed ...

Insurer to add value via tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The battle for customer engagement and demonstrable value in the world of life insurance is leading to a raft of new offers, including a new wellness program from Zurich. Zurich today launched LiveWell, an app-based program that will reward customers ...

MAX awards recognise industry excellence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
More than 280 guests attended the 2019 Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) Awards in Sydney last night, to recognise individuals and organisations in the wealth management industry. In its 24th year, the MAX Awards demonstrated ...

Suncorp Super appoints new chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
The chair of Suncorp's superannuation business is retiring and an interim chair has been named. Jan Swinhoe, who is also chair of Mercer Superannuation, was appointed interim chair of Suncorp Portfolio Services. Her appointment follows the retirement ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
When UK prime minister Theresa May declared that "Brexit is Brexit" and "no Brexit deal is better than a bad Brexit deal" when she addressed EU ambassadors in London on the 17 January 2017, she laid out 12 objectives for Brexit negotiations: 1. Clarity ...

Melbourne AFSL pays $9 million in fines

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
A Melbourne company has copped about $9 million in penalties after ASIC found it offered personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle offered personal loans to consumers of up to $5000. However ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The Shanghai composite index surged by 4.1% at the end of yesterday's trading activity in China. This is the biggest single day gained since 2 March 2016 (4.3%) and followed the 2.5% jump in the index last Friday. This is to be expected given that ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
More than 300 guests attended last night's 2018 Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising & Sales (MAX) Excellence Awards, which recognised the outstanding achievements in marketing, sales and business development by an individual, team or organisation ...