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Zurich wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... brighter future together, and this outlook obviously resonated for our business," Farrar said. Zurich Australia and New Zealand chief executive Justin Delaney, said: "Zurich has made a significant commitment to group insurance globally and is focused ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... Anderson, Boutique Financial Planning Principals Association president David Murdoch, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand group executive Simon Grant, CPA Australia executive general manager Gary Pflugrath, Financial Planning Association ...

Calastone reports sharp managed fund flow declines in 2022

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... and government bonds, Calastone said. Following the bond market rout, Calastone managing director of Australia and New Zealand Teresa Walker stated that yields on fixed income funds are now more attractive. Moreover, investors have begun to hope that ...

Country head appointed at Fulcrum Asset Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... (Ambassador). Ironbark began distributing Fulcrum's strategies to the wholesale and institutional markets in Australia and New Zealand following the purchase of Ambassador in 2019. Prior to this, Ambassador had represented Fulcrum in the local institutional ...

Millionaires worry about retirement

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... seem like a lot, but many people are surprised when they do the math," said Natixis IM country head of Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson. "This is usually quite a bit less than these individuals are likely used to living on annually. This underscores ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... median industry return of -3.7%. The fund ranks in the top five for MySuper/default options over one year. This is confirmed by new data from Frontier Advisors which concludes that asset allocation was more influential for the investment performance ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... underestimated real estate costs and 21% were too aggressive with investments. Natixis IM country head for Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said inflation impacts asset classes in different ways with interest bearing securities and those investors ...

QIC multi-sector private debt team wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... multi-sector private debt team that QIC introduced in February has won a $500 million plus mandate to invest in Australia and New Zealand. The mandate comes from Queensland's State Investments and is a three-year commitment. The team is tasked with ...

AMP to return $1.1bn to shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... completion there will be a renewed focus for AMP as a leading wealth management and banking business in Australia and New Zealand," George said. "The first half of the year has seen a challenging economic backdrop. Despite the decline in investment markets ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... Joint Associations Working Group include the Association of Financial Advisers, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, Financial Services Council, SMSF Association and The Advisers ...