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Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... as the company's managing director and chief executive. "Coming out of the GFC, Challenger embarked on a strategy to focus the business on re-establishing Australia's annuities market. Under Brian's ledership, the company has achieved his ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Life insurance reforms proposed to provide better rehabilitation and early intervention treatment have been scrapped by the Federal Government. In response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' report released ...

Digital advice engagement spikes for super members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... advice technology is liberating our clients' advice teams from the technical process of constructing advice so they can focus on the human interaction aspect of client engagement," he said.

CFSGAM Aussie equities executive on the move

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... head of investment specialists for Asia Pacific, Andy Budden. Reynolds said he had great respect for the firm's long-term focus and commitment to research-driven investment management. "The opportunities to build from Capital Group's global heritage ...

AMP divests life business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
AMP will exit life insurance in 2019, following a $3.3 billion sale of its wealth protection business. It will also divest its New Zealand wealth management and advice businesses via an IPO. The completion of an AMP portfolio review led to the divestments. ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... retirees and pre-retirees looking to make a core allocation to international shares. "Although INCM does have an income focus, investors are still able to benefit from the capital growth potential of the companies which the Fund owns," Vynokur said. ...

NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...

CFS strikes strategic distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Colonial First State entered a strategic alliance with a global investment manager that will see Australian investors gain access to a new global equities fund. CFS is partnering with Baillie Gifford to distribute the Baillie Gifford Long Term Global ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Level Premiums Award for the Insuranceline Final Expenses Plan; the Innovation Award for the Qantas Health and Wellness Focus and Wellbeing App; and the Marketer Overall Product Award for Qantas Lifetime Protect - Income Protection and Life Insurance ...

NobleOak wins best direct life insurer award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Protect - Income Protection and Life Insurance, and the Innovation Award for its work on the Qantas Health and Wellness Focus and Wellbeing App. Suncorp Life bagged the Cover Stepped Premiums Award for its APIA Funeral Insurance offering, as well as ...