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Zurich appoints chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of David Wainwright to the position of chief risk officer for Australia and New Zealand. Wainwright has close to 25 years' experience in financial services and joins from Zurich in the ...

Expand bolsters SMA menu

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
... investment managers complement the current fleet of MLC Asset Management, Antares, Ausbil, JBWere, Pendal, Perennial, and Zurich. Expand now houses 64 SMAs and provides both multi-asset and single-sector options. Advisers can also access over 500 managed ...

Iress snags Insignia Financial executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... starting in November. Before his three years at Insignia, Wall held senior positions at MLC Wealth, Colonial First State and Zurich Financial Services. Iress chief executive Marcus Price noted his strong track record of leading transformational change ...

Resolution Life Australasia adds to partnerships, product team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... relationships with financial advisers across the industry. He will be supported by Taggart, who joins after more than a decade at Zurich Australia, most recently as head of strategy and partnership capability. He also served as head of sales across the ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... Australian dollars) by investing in securities backed by physical gold bullion securely held in vaults in London, New York, and Zurich. The fund carries a management fee of 0.14% p.a. making it the lowest-cost gold fund domiciled in Australia. SSGA said ...

Investment veterans take on new roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
A former chief investment officer of Zurich Insurance has a new regional lead role, while an ex-TCorp strategy head took on a chief investment officer position. Michael Vos has been appointed head of investments for Asia Pacific. The investment professional ...

Industry Super Australia names new chair

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... joining Hostplus, Mecchi worked in senior marketing and strategy roles for several firms including Industry Funds Management, Zurich Australia, and AXA Australia. In 1999, he joined a direct marketing agency - trademarkDM - as director of strategy, working ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... pushes for employees receiving 100% or full pay for 80% of their time and simultaneously maintaining 100% of their output. Zurich Financial Services non-executive director Elaine Collins said the model can potentially lead to dissatisfaction as there ...

Prime Super finds new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
Prime Super has appointed former Zurich chief of business transformation Raelene Seales as its new chief executive. The $7 billion industry fund with 140,000 members said Seales will commence on June 3. Seales previously served as Zurich's chief ...

Aussies underestimate life insurance's importance: Investment Trends

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... impact of a trusted brand cannot be understated," Guiamatsia said. Regarding client satisfaction and client engagement, Zurich leads with the highest client NPS, while NRMA boasts the greatest client satisfaction for life coverage outside superannuation. ...