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AMP officially exits life market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
With the complete divestment of its equity interest in Resolution Life, AMP has officially exited the life insurance business. AMP today divested its 19.13% holding in Resolution Life for $524 million. The sale of this holding completes AMP's exit ...

Major legislations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
Two major pieces of legislation have been introduced in parliament, including the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort. The scheme facilitates the reimbursement of up to $150,000 to compensate consumers affected by bad personal advice, credit intermediation ...

Natixis hires sales director from First Sentier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Natixis Investment Managers hired an institutional sales director who spent nearly a decade at First Sentier Investors. Sydney-based Edward Tighe joined Natixis IM in October. He finished up as director of institutional business at First Sentier, formerly ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
A former Freedom Insurance director and consultant will head to Federal Court for their alleged involvement in aggressive sales tactics. ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against former Freedom Insurance managing director of Keith Cohen and ...

APRA appoints investment risk lead from TCorp

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
A former New South Wales Treasury Corp executive has joined the prudential regulator as head of investment risk. Geoff Stewart was appointed head of investment risk at APRA in September. Stewart recently finished up as TCorp's head of investment advisory ...

HUB24 to acquire Class

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
SMSF technology provider Class has agreed to be acquired by HUB24 via a scheme of arrangement. Under the deal, Class shareholders will receive one share in HUB24 for every 11 ordinary Class shares they hold, plus $0.10 per ordinary share. The implied ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The financial advice industry welcomes the Financial Services Council (FSC) recommendations to help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, but one dealer group is unsure whether the FSC is trustworthy - particularly for risk advisers. ...

AMP Capital appoints chair, deputy for Private Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
Former Suncorp chief executive Patrick Snowball has been named chair designate of the board of AMP Capital's private markets business as demerger plans progress. Andrew Fay has also been appointed deputy chair of the board. Snowball, who is based ...

Iress expands Perennial partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Iress has expanded its funds administration partnership with Perennial Value Management. Iress will support the Perennial issued Daintree Hybrid Opportunities Fund (ASX:DHOF), connecting the fund to brokers via CHESS along with traditional managed fund ...

Sustainable SMAs added to Macquarie Wrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
Six separately managed accounts from Dimensional and Pendal have been made exclusively available on Macquarie Wrap. The Dimensional Sustainability Balanced Model Portfolio, the Dimensional Sustainability Growth Model Portfolio and the Dimensional Sustainability ...