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AMP Capital announces new chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
AMP Capital has announced a new chief executive, replacing Boe Pahari who stepped down in August last year. Shawn Johnson has landed the top job. He was previously senior managing director and chairman of the investment committee of State Street Global ...

MLC Life appoints claims chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
MLC Life Insurance has appointed its new chief claims officer, who left QBE after more than 16 years with the insurer. On August 16, Andrew Beevors will take on the role of chief claims officer, reporting directly to chief executive Rodney Cook. Beevors ...

New chief operating officer at Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
Zurich Financial Services welcomed a new operations chief overseeing life and investments, replacing industry veteran Gavin Pearce who has joined a global reinsurer. Effective this month, Hilary Bates became Zurich's chief operating officer of life ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
"The demand picture has shown clear signs of improvement." So declared Saudi Arabia's oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations met and decided to gradually increase oil production in July. The OPEC+'s ...

UBS AM wholesale client coverage lead departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
UBS Asset Management Australia's head of wholesale client coverage has left the firm after nearly four years in the role. Ben Williams joined UBS AM in August 2017, tasked with managing relationships with aligned and independent financial advisers. ...

AFCA names two lead ombudsmen

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed two lead ombudsmen for insurance and small business, hiring from ASIC and Westpac. Emma Curtis has been appointed as lead ombudsman, insurance and Suanne Russell joined as lead ombudsman ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The country hasn't fully opened yet but easing restrictions, increased rate of vaccinations and stronger consumer and business spending combined to speed up the UK's recovery. This is underscored by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey. Preliminary ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
The fintech has officially launched a solution that slashes the time to generate a statement of advice from eight hours to two hours. Asendium is aiming to reduce three major bottlenecks for advisers: processes, people and fragmented systems. Asendium ...

AMP sued for charging dead clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASIC has taken Federal Court action against AMP for allegedly charging more than 2000 deceased clients insurance premiums and financial advice fees after being notified of their death. The action relates to five companies that are or were subsidiaries ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The impact of decelerating coronavirus infections, accelerating vaccination momentum - permitting relaxation of restrictions - sprinkled with generous dashes of fiscal and monetary largesse have been captured in Markit Economics' latest PMI surveys. ...