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Bennelong refreshes board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... firm. During his career, he ran the distribution integration at Aberdeen Asset Management during its merger with Standard Life and served as chief operating officer at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He has also worked at JPMorgan Asset Management ...

Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... stint with Wellington, Davies worked as a senior asset consultant with MLC and an actuarial valuations manager at Southern Life in South Africa. As for King, he has spent 16 years at the firm and worked in the Sydney office in client service, transition ...

Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... Guaranteed Income product, launched in July 2016, was developed in partnership with Challenger and is already invested in a life policy issued to Active Super by Challenger Life. According to APRA data, about 190 members currently hold the product, with ...

MLC Life and Resolution Life Australasia to merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
MLC Life Insurance and Resolution Life Australasia are set to merge, creating one of Australia's largest life insurance businesses. Nippon Life Insurance - MLC's parent company - announced it will acquire 100% of Resolution Life. As a result ...

UniSuper names product head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... business risk and portfolio analyst at Colonial Mutual Investment Management and an actuarial assistant at Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited. "During my time at UniSuper, I've been fortunate to work alongside exceptional directors, chief ...

TAL creates consumer and growth division

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
The life insurer has appointed a general manager to lead its newly created consumer and growth team. Alexis Denby has taken on the role, where she will be responsible for TAL's direct and advised customer growth initiatives whilst ensuring its products ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... and particularly Gen X. "As part of the digital native generation, Gen Y are familiar with apps across all aspects of their life and expect the same kind of service when it comes to their investments," Jackson said. "But they also have a desire for self-improvement ...

Settlement reached in Caddick class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... Caddick started her operation in 2012 to 2020 when she disappeared. One client in the lawsuit, who was retired, saw their life savings disappear thanks to Caddick who operated Maliver without an AFSL and used another company's licence without authorisation. ...

Millions of Aussies want episodic advice: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... address consumer needs," Beringer said. "It is abundantly clear that episodic financial advice-tailored to fit budgets and life circumstances-is what Australians want. "Customers are calling for it, and organisations will be able to meet consumer needs ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... afford it," Jones said. "And I want to ensure that those simple questions that people are asking their super fund or their life insurance company can be answered by somebody who's trained up, has the qualifications to answer those basic questions ...