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Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The former chief executive of TAL has slammed life insurers' ineptitude in managing disability income products, invoking the industry to come together and find a solution by the end of the year. Speaking at the 2021 Actuaries Summit on Wednesday ...

Advice group chief executive exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The chief executive of an ASX-listed financial advice group is set to leave the company. Angus Benbow has led Centrepoint Alliance since 2018. He will leave the company on May 28. Centrepoint did not ascribe a reason to the departure in its ASX filings. ...

Chief investment officer departs Mutual Trust

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
The multi-family office Mutual Trust has appointed a new chief investment officer following the departure of Graeme Bibby. Bibby, who was chief investment officer at Mutual Trust for more than four years, has left the business. A spokesperson for Mutual ...

Grant Thornton sells private wealth division

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Grant Thornton Australia has sold its private wealth business to its senior team members. The small private wealth team consists of Jon Black, Joanne Kenderes and Laura Perresini. They are the majority owners of Oreana Private, aligned with dealer group ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
"It's not time to make a change Just relax, take it easy..." - Cat Stevens This is the US Federal Reserve's message to the markets at the conclusion of its April FOMC meeting in its efforts to calm concerns over rising inflation expectations ...

First Sentier launches ESG debt strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
First Sentier Investors is leveraging MUFG Bank's strengths in ESG financing for a new private debt capability that will initially focus on providing loans to the renewable energy sector. Officially launching today, First Sentier's sustainable ...

Cbus appoints head of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
Industry super fund Cbus has appointed a head of advice. Lynda Cross has stepped into the role, promoted from her previous position as manager of advice partnerships and performance. Prior to joining Cbus, Cross was manager of advice and education at ...

Outflows continue at IOOF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
IOOF ended March quarter with $203.9 billion in funds under management and administration, after significant outflows from advice and pensions business. The March end FUM was $1.5 billion higher than the previous quarter, and primarily driven by a $5.4 ...

Former Australian Unity adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
A former authorised representative of Australian Unity Personal Financial Services was handed a five-year ban for telling clients MySuper options are more expensive and to opt out of the products. Christopher Chan will serve a five-year ban for writing ...

Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
Latest inflation figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) underscore both the Reserve Bank of Australia's prescience and governor Philip Lowe's expectation that the official cash rate will remain low until at least 2024. ...