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Super funds back space travel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... Technologies was founded in 2013, aiming to offer lower cost access to space. In 2016, it launched a hybrid rocket, which it claims is the "world-first demonstration of a rocket launch using 3D printed fuel".

UK bans crypto exchange Binance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... well-known and popular crypto exchange Binance from operating in its jurisdiction. Binance, which is Cayman Islands domiciled, claims to be the biggest Bitcoin exchange and alt-coin cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volumes traded. However, the ...

Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... on health and education. In 2006, Buffett said he would distribute all his Berkshire Hathaway shares to philanthropy. He claims the shares in the company account for 99% of his personal wealth. As of his most recent announcement, he is halfway to meeting ...

Court orders new group definition in CBA advice class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... made by Justice Beach ordered the applicants to add a third applicant to the case, flesh out the applicants' fiduciary claims, and change the group definition. The judge wants the third applicant to be someone who paid the extra premiums personally ...

James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... solicitors and counsel acting for Mawhinney initially failed to object to the admission into evidence of reports that Roberts claims are incomplete, failed to cross-examine at trial the investors to test whether they were retail clients or unsophisticated ...

MLC Life appoints claims chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
MLC Life Insurance has appointed its new chief claims officer, who left QBE after more than 16 years with the insurer. On August 16, Andrew Beevors will take on the role of chief claims officer, reporting directly to chief executive Rodney Cook. Beevors ...

New chief operating officer at Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... officer of life and investments. Her new remit covers all aspects of operations, including customer service, underwriting, claims, technology and the integration of OnePath Life into Zurich. Bates has been with the executive team since August 2016, joining ...

PRI chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... executive between 2006 and 2013. In Reynolds' time with the PRI, it has grown from 1000 signatories to 4000. The PRI now claims to represent more than half the world's institutional assets. It also grew from a staff of 37 to 170 under Reynolds' leadership. ...

Life Code Compliance Committee chair named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... insurers were not taking their obligations under the Life Insurance Code of Practice seriously. The code found an increase in claims related complaints and claims handling timeframes. There were 19,483 complaints reported to life companies that subscribe ...

IFM Investors named in class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... worth of bitcoin was paid to a hacking group which the Federal Bureau of Investigations named Darkside. The class action claims that Colonial Pipeline Company failed to properly secure the infrastructure and left itself open to potential ransomware attacks. ...