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ME and mutuals must embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Australian mutuals are being encouraged to further embrace disruptive fintech and start-up solutions in a bid to capitalise on challenges faced by their bigger competitors. This is a key theme arising from KPMG's 2015 Mutuals Industry Review released ...

REST creates two new management roles

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
REST Industry Super has created two new management roles in a bid to further drive the $37 billion fund's customer service and investments arms. Joining REST as general manager customer service is Beth Parkin, who will report to chief operating officer ...

Finsia partners with Hong Kong institute

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
A growing number of Australasian financial services professionals in Hong Kong have helped establish a partnership between two industry development groups. The Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
CBA has been accused of severely mishandling its Open Advice Review program by a former employee. Former Open Advice Review assessment manager Russell Phillips alleged at the Senate Standing Committees on Economics Scrutiny of Financial Advice public ...

SelectingSuper fund award nominees announced

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
SelectingSuper has announced the nominees for the 2015 annual super fund and product awards to be held on 18th November at the RACV Club in Melbourne. The annual awards which are sponsored and supported by La Trobe Financial, acknowledge the best funds ...

Russell Investments sold to TA Associates

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
The breadth of Russell Investments' operations in execution, as well as its orientation to multi-asset and solutions investing, formed a major part in its US$1.15 billion sale. Global growth private equity firm TA Associates announced on Friday it had ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
A life insurance comparison website says consumers should be questioning premium increases at a time when life insurers continue to make substantial profits. Lifeinsurancedirect.com.au chief executive Russell Cain said top life insurers such as AMP ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
She was damned when she didn't, she would have been damned now if she did. "Perhaps Janet Yellen has heard us," as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde French journal 'Les Echos' just over a week after the Fed kept the status quo following their ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Super fund chairs have expressed caution over the administration transition occurring at Link Group, saying there is a large responsibility to deliver the right technology outcomes for both long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Industry superannuation fund Club Plus Super has made three appointments to its management team. Nici Andronicus joins as head of strategic relationships, Gemma Dooley joins as head of investments and Lindy Hunt joins as head of legal, audit, risk and ...