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Financial services experiencing 'workforce transformation'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... "Communication skills are one of the biggest challenges for millennial leaders coming up through the ranks in the finance and insurance industry," the whitepaper said. "Leaders managing cross generational teams are quickly learning that an overreliance ...

Iress snags Insignia Financial executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... hiring from Insignia Financial. Sam Wall has over 25 years' experience in superannuation, investments, wealth and insurance, leading teams across product, advice, operations and technical services. He replaces Paul Giles, who was appointed as chief ...

TelstraSuper fields influx of merger offers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
After announcing in May that it is looking to merge, TelstraSuper has received "a high level of interest" from its peers. In an update on the merger process, TelstraSuper said its board is currently considering information provided by a range of superannuation ...

AMP sells advice licensees to Entireti, AZ NGA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... litigation relating to the advice business, including the ongoing class action related to commissions for advice and insurance advice. Proceedings for this case are listed for a four week trial in the first half of 2026.

No one immune to cost-of-living pain: ABS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... 2010 that increases in living costs for all household types were higher than the increase in the CPI," Marquardt said. Insurance and financial services, which includes mortgage interest charges, and food and non-alcoholic beverages were the main contributors ...

Vision Super closes property, infrastructure options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... with its insurer, MLC Life, to prepare a new portal and policies for Active Super members, and flagged reductions to insurance premiums are expected.

Choice products require fairer framework: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... are highly tailorable that require intermediary involvement, or "simple", which selects and modifies investment and insurance options from a simple menu with increased engagement and intermediary support. One of the suggestions in the report is amending ...

BNP Paribas in talks to buy AXA Investment Managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... divesting the asset management business is in line with its simplification strategy, as it looks to focus on its core insurance activities. In addition to the $8.5 billion (€5.1 billion) price tag, AXA will also receive $500 million (€300 million) ...

AIA Australia names head of wellbeing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... our customers during their return to wellness," Mu said. The wellbeing force was previously placed in AIA's life insurance claims division. Other changes in the team include four new wellbeing team managers of Nicole Gallagher, Catherine Zaman, Rebecca ...

Private capital fundraising remains in the doldrums: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... total deal value, but the two largest deals in the quarter were both in Australia. The first was the acquisition of PSC Insurance Group by Ardonagh Group for $1.5 billion, followed by Perpetual's hiving off its wealth management unit to KKR at $1.4 billion. ...