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Phone leads life insurance sales: Roy Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... life insurance is obtained is facing a major transformation or disruption, moving away from the more traditional insurance broker (or life insurance salesman) towards purchasing online as well as moving more to the employer, where it is generally combined ...

International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Japanese online broking platform Monex officially enters the Australian market today with intentions to target the self-managed superannuation fund and financial adviser markets. Monex flagged its intention to operate in Australia in August last year. ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Zurich has launched facial recognition technology in an effort to promote life insurance adoption across the UK. FaceQuote is able to quote a monthly life insurance premium for prospective customers based on age estimates calculated after a selfie is ...

Global online trading firm rolls out bitcoin derivatives in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
A US-based global provider of online trading services is introducing its bitcoin offering to Australian retail and institutional investors. The GAIN Capital service will allow investors to trade bitcoin as either an over-the-counter (OTC) derivative ...

Global fintech firm to launch in APAC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A global provider of networking and communications tools for financial markets will launch its flagship software platform in the Asia-Pacific market. IPC will launch Unigy 360, a software-as-a-service platform derived from the company's existing Unigy ...

AZ NGA practice acquires regional advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A national financial advice firm added its third office, acquiring an advice business on the New South Wales Central Coast. Eureka Whittaker Macnaught purchased Ken Mann's Regional Financial Solutions practice, complementing its existing presence in ...

Powerwrap, OneVue vets join MGP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 JAN 2018
Managed Account Holdings is welcoming a former Powerwrap sales lead and a former head of compliance from OneVue as it continues to capitalise on its acquisition of Linear. Richard Carr has joined MGP as a business development manager to aid the growth ...

NAB refunds home loan customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... Customer complaints prompted NAB to conduct an internal review, which found the bank failed to link offset accounts to broker originated loans between April 2010 and August 2017, resulting in customers overpaying interest on home loans. An offset account ...

Listed advice firm loses major shareholder

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... has sold down its stake in the company. UBS owned 15.8% of Bell Financial Group; Bell Potter Securities is acting as the broker for the trade. UBS declined to provide comment on the move. Bell FG recently reported a half-year net profit of $5.9 million ...

AMP flags departures in distribution restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... with its wealth management and insurance businesses. The move will create specialist roles which will better align the broker and adviser bank sales teams, an AMP spokesperson told Financial Standard. Of those affected, head of sales for Queensland ...