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BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... align with client and market needs, Azer said. The new roles are very much targeted and the appointments deliberate in nature to ensure RBC is capitalising on opportunities for future growth and success, she added.

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... workload to meet the July, 2019 changes, TAL chief executive Brett Clark said the TAL will have to re-price everything as the nature of the insurance pool will change so significantly. "Not just repriced, redesigned, discussed, worked through with the ...

Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... investment scams (MS Windows, Nigerian princes, fake letters from the ATO) go around in the past years years but their nature is more of deceitful behavior than a scam. "One common type is an income product that offers returns of 8-10% or significantly ...

Industry fund replaces asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... Polson said. "However, as both the regulatory and investment landscape look set to become more challenging, the unconflicted nature of our offering is becoming increasingly valued by more investors."

EU to offer cross-border pension scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... posed by population ageing and low interest rates. The product, the EU said, was proposed in response to the fragmented nature of the European pension system - concentrated in some countries, while nearly non-existent in others. Accordingly, only 27% ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... average. Regnan and former Association of Superannuation Funds Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos said the long term nature of super required funds consider material ESG risks. "The vast majority of working Australians have some of their retirement ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... separate submission, Rice Warner noted its support for the covenant. But issues that must be considered include the complex nature of individual financial circumstances and the financial advice needed in choosing a CIPR product. KPMG highlighted in its ...

Best-in-show list addresses insurance gaps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... are when constructing underwriting arrangements and that Cbus will address it explicitly in its submission. "The board nature of our risk pool is central to our capacity to get good outcomes for members," she said. Campo added any changes to that will ...

Advice and stock broking firm fined $35k

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... In a statement Wilson's confirmed the two breaches were related to regulatory reporting requirements and of a technical nature. The firm added the breaches did not impact any of its clients or the integrity of the financial markets.

Members abandon bank-aligned group insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... the small number of insurers with an increased concentration of members in larger super funds underpins the competitive nature of the market. In the NFP segment, AIA, TAL and MetLife are the dominant life insurance providers, which collectively represent ...