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Budget Direct, NobleOak partner for life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... Supermarket giant Coles forayed into life insurance in 2014, partnering with MetLife, while Woolworths joined forces with Swiss Re and Heath Australia to supplement their group risk super fund distribution. Coles introduced "new affordable life insurance ...

Credit Suisse chair resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... Suisse's chair has resigned less than a year into the role amid reports he breached several COVID-19 quarantine rules. The Swiss bank announced overnight that Axel P. Lehmann has taken over as chair effective immediately, following an investigation ...

De Ferrari returns to Credit Suisse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... of internal audit. Also in the New Year, the bank will be split into four units of: wealth management, investment bank, Swiss bank and asset management across EMEA, Americas, Switzerland and APAC.

Bell AM announces US distribution plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
The $3.5 billion boutique global equity manager announced a joint venture distribution partnership with US-based multi-boutique Spouting Rock Asset Management. The partnership will allow Bell Asset Management to distribute its equity strategies in North ...

Multi-boutique appoints head of private wealth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... from UBS for the newly created role of head of private wealth. Ben Williams was head of wholesale client coverage at the Swiss bank for over four years. He was previously national manager, retail at Lazard Asset Management and was a director at BlackRock ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... other laws. The alleged conduct relates to the marketing and selling by Freedom Insurance of insurance products issued by Swiss Re Life and Health Australia, including final expenses cover (a type of life cover), accidental death cover and accidental ...

GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
The Swiss manager is investing in its local business, adding to its product offering and hiring a senior manager from BlackRock. Close to three years since opening its Australian office, GAM Investments is growing the Sydney-based team with the addition ...

Disability income faces reckoning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... had "disastrous consequences" and many of these policies are still in force charging large premiums. The current chair of Swiss Re Life & Health Australia told insurers to get their act together and provide a solution by the end of the year - or else ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... climate crisis and the need for immediate action to reverse its negative impact. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) cites a Swiss Re report reporting that "the effects of climate change can be expected to shave 11% to 14% off global economic output ...

ClearView bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... where he was chief risk officer for Australia and head of research. Prior to that, he was corporate actuarial manager at Swiss Re and chief actuary at ANZ Wealth. "Given my background and experience, I can bring the perspectives of risk management, product ...