Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 5081 - 5090 of 22133 results for "Tim"

Life Code Compliance Committee chair named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
The Financial Services Council and AFCA have jointly appointed Jan McClelland as chair of the Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC). McClelland has extensive board experience and is currently deputy chancellor at the University of New England, chair ...

AIA executive joins MLC Life

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
AIA Australia's former head of deal completion has joined MLC Insurance as head of profitability and performance reporting. Piri Kularajah was at AIA for nearly two years and in his role was responsible for the completion of AIA's purchase of CommInsure ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
The US dollar weakened, so too did the yield on 10-year US Treasuries while the equity market's benchmark indices closed on the up and up as inflation expectations in Uncle Sam's county eased, calming concerns that the US Federal Reserve would ...

Concern for consumers ahead of YFYS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... in some cases, be to the substantial long-term detriment of members." Actuaries Institute superannuation practice committee Tim Jenkins said asset allocation is disregarded in the test. "As a result, the proposed performance test leads to some concerning ...

IFM Investors named in class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
IFM Investors has been named in a class action regarding the Colonial Pipeline, which the industry fund investment house acquired in 2007 as part of a consortium. The class action was filed in the United States District Court in the Northern District ...

BT enhances LifeCENTRAL+

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
BT's LifeCENTRAL+ can now produce quotes for financial advisers wanting to alter life insurance policies for clients in less than 10 minutes. BT has introduced a new self-service functionality for advisers, providing a quote for the most commonly requested ...

Macquarie subsidiary to acquire REIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
After its ninth attempt, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management is set to acquire a real estate investment trust for $354.6 million. Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH) accepted an offer price of $1.295 per share from MAFM on June 2. In November 2020 ...

AUSTRAC investigates NAB, JBWere

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
National Australia Bank and its subsidiaries, including JBWere, are allegedly failing their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations, according to AUSTRAC. The financial intelligence agency is investigating NAB's "potential ...

Plenary enters funds management, nabs AMP Capital executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
Plenary Group has appointed AMP Capital's global head of social care to lead its new funds management business in Australia and New Zealand. Julie-Anne Mizzi has over 30 years' experience in financial services having spent most of her career ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... month of May (from April's 1.8%) to be 9.1% higher from a year earlier. Not only that: "CoreLogic's research director Tim Lawless observes that growth conditions remained broad based both geographically and across the housing types and valuation ...