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Zurich establishes risk specialist team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has created a new risk specialist team in anticipation of Macquarie Life joining Zurich later in 2016. The national team will be responsible for the creation and presentation of life insurance content to support Zurich's ...

Greater financial literacy key to improved adviser reputation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... consumers is key to improving the reputation of financial advisers, according to new research from Zurich Financial Services Australia. A survey of 227 advisers active in the life advice industry conducted by Lewers Research aimed to uncover adviser ...

VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... compliance manager at AIA from March 2013. Prior to that, he was a senior compliance manager at Financial Planning Services Australia, a senior compliance manager at Asgard Wealth Solutions and a professional standards officer at the Financial Planning ...

Zurich hires head of digital

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed a new head of digital to its life and investments business. Marc Fabris is returning to Australia from a three-year assignment at Zurich's global headquarters, where he served as global life head of ...

ACSA announces custody award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... associate director, tax services and policy Mick Giddings and BNP Paribas Securities Services product manager, fund services Australia Josephine Maiorana. Commenting on the awards, ACSA chair David Knights said: "The awards acknowledge individuals who ...

Fortnum picks up award winning practice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... of ideas and experiences across our network which now also includes our new subsidiary, Financial Planning Services Australia." Dawkins described Fortnum as the "standout" licensee, after a "very disruptive" period following Guardian's exit from financial ...

Zurich launches education curriculum

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched the Zurich Curriculum, in a bid to support adviser education and development. The Zurich Curriculum aims to provide advisers and their support staff with the skills and knowledge to build specialist expertise ...

BNP Paribas wins another custody mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... investment administration needs of our expanding business are met." David Braga, head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand, said: "Northcape appreciated the breadth of our custody network, our global follow-the-sun service model ...

Zurich launches LIF support initiative

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia is launching a life insurance framework (LIF) support package for financial advisers, via a national roadshow. The 'Blueprints for the Future' comprise five pillars of LIF support, designed to help advisers position ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...