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AIA appoints group insurance chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a new chief group insurance officer. Stephanie Phillips will be responsible for group insurance product distribution. This follows AIA boosting its distribution team in September ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Link Group announces plans for float

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Superannuation administration company Link Group is targeting a valuation of up to $2.6 billion in an initial public offer expected to take place on 27 October. Details in the prospectus reveal the company aims to raise between $879.2 million and $946.5 ...

CBA's advice review compensates 19 clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
The compensation program set up by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) to compensate victims of bad advice has reviewed over 8,800 cases and compensated only 19 clients. In total, the bank has offered $950,252 in compensation, but paid $488,815 as of 31 August ...

AMP advice adds Van Eck ETFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Two Van Eck exchange-traded funds have been added to the AMP approved product list. The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF and Market Vectors Australian Banks ETF will now be available to advisers at AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Bond giant PIMCO has launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global ...

ASIC's robo-advice taskforce to monitor AFSLs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
ASIC's brand new robo-advice taskforce will monitor businesses that intend to provide digital advice. The regulator thinks that "the majority of digital advice initiatives will be proposed by existing licensees rather than start-up businesses." Another ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Western Asset Management chief investment officer Ken Leech believes the bond market will have reasonably low rates for longer than market participants thought at the beginning of 2015. Leech said the normalising of interest rates by the US Federal ...

Industry funds challenged by lack of in-house advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Industry superannuation funds lack the strong in-house advice services that have been proven essential to retain members in their retirement phase. Research by Tria Investment Partners shows that there is a strong correlation between the scale of a ...