Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 51 - 60 of 461 results for "AIA"

Super fund cuts fees, appoints insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... Meanwhile, AMG Super has also appointed a new group insurer ahead of Hannover Life RE exiting the market. Also effective April 1, AIA will take over the group insurance mandate for the fund. AIA will retain the existing insurance arrangements, with no ...

Advisers call out regulation backflip

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... like the safe harbour provision can potentially be removed. Many in the audience could see through the smoke and mirrors. AIA Financial Services chief executive and managing director Pina Sciarrone told the event that it is incumbent upon the industry ...

Advisers cautious of election promises

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... minister for superannuation, financial services, and digital economy Jane Hume made some timely promises on day one of the AIA Adviser Summit in the lead up to the federal election, which is slated to take place before the end of May. Hume proposed introducing ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... advice industry and putting in place principles-based measures that can remove things like the safe harbour provision at the AIA Adviser Summit 2022. Hume is using the upcoming Quality of Advice Review to make this possible. "We want to make sure that ...

AIA sells super, investments business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
AIA is offloading its $8 billion superannuation and investments business to Resolution Life. In an announcement today, AIA said the sale will allow the insurer to focus on its core business of life and health insurance and wellbeing services. AIA came ...

Integrity Life grows distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... joins from MLC Life, where he was head of retail distribution and was previously national manager, strategic partnerships at AIA. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to lead Integrity Life's retail distribution team. As one of the newest insurers ...

Synchron names new state manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... project management and administration support services to financial advice firms. Prior to launching her business, she worked at AIA for nearly six years in client development roles, and worked at Westpac, Professional Investment Services and Bank SA. ...

CBA Group Super overhauls service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... Planning. Commonwealth Financial Planning was closed in November last year, but not before part of it was transitioned to AIA to form the basis of AIA Financial Wellbeing, the insurer's new advice business. The change in financial advice provider ...

Risk inflows marginally recover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... latest data from Plan For Life shows inflows jumped 5.1% to $16.9 billion. NobleOak led the growth with 70.8%, followed by AIA (18.9%), ClearView (7%), Zurich (5.6%) and TAL (5.1%). Meanwhile, BT/Westpac recorded a 20.2% decline and Resolution also experienced ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... November 30 to work out next steps, before Commonwealth FP shutters for good. CBA said the move is part of its partnership with AIA, following the sale of part of Commonwealth FP and 100% of CommInsure Life to AIA. AIA is launching its own financial ...