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New chair for iExtend

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... manages capital for institutional investors such as endowments, family offices, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. In 2017, he retired from The Sentient Group to establish Moss Ridge ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... institutional clients. The transformation involves replacing Challenger Life's core annuity registry with global insurance system ALIP (Accenture Life Insurance and Annuity Platform) and providing new customer portals. The partnership is due to commence ...

Brighter Super adds head of product

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... product there, she led product strategy, development and management of EISS's super, pension, defined benefit and insurance offers. Saija was most recently with Aware Super where she held the title of product manager at Aware Super for three years. ...

iExtend finds interim arrangement to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... services outlined in their agreement with the licensee. These services may include financial advice, investment management, insurance broking or dealing in financial products. Last November, the firm accepted a court enforceable undertaking from ASIC ...

MetLife Australia hires chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... welcome. "I'm looking forward to working with our team and our partners to help change the way Australians experience life insurance solutions," she said. In joining, Lacheur replaces David Campbell, who held the role since September 2018. He departed ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... 90,000 AustralianSuper members were affected, costing members approximately $69 million in multiple sets of fees and insurance premiums and lost investment earnings on those amounts. "Unintended multiple accounts remain a significant issue for Australian ...

AI is not the 'Wild West': Longo

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... already pursuing an action in which AI-related issues arise, where it believes the use of a demand model was part of an insurance pricing process that led to the full benefit of advertised loyalty discounts not being appropriately applied. Additionally ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... clients put pressure on us to improve our diversity, we will listen and we will act," Ryan said. "Superannuation funds, insurance companies, advisers etc. all have the ability to query us on our policies, our action plans and how we are tracking." Belinda ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... for IFM's second Growth fund and comes on the heels of the disposal of NDIS plan management company My Plan Manager to insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, as well as recent investments in software firm Tally Group, and Smart Urban Properties Australia. ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... maintaining its leadership status in responsible investment. However, while the many internal optimisations, including insurance harmonisation, play a part, Piper noted that a growing number of Australians are "voting with their feet" in their investment ...