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Online Aussie consumer giant enters life insurance market

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
One of Australia's leading online consumer brands is entering the life insurance industry via a distribution partnership. Under the agreement with life insurance distributor Greenstone Financial Services, Kogan.com (Kogan) will offer life insurance ...

Advice group solidifies Gen-Y positioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... to other advisers looking to adopt a similar business model. The WE Coaching Academy is targeted at advisers looking to excel in advising Gen-Y clients as well as scaling their own business. Taking place in Melbourne and led by Kelly, the Coaching Academy ...

Ophir appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
Small and mid-cap boutique Ophir Asset Management has recruited a new portfolio manager to work alongside co-founders Andrew Mitchell and Steven Ng. Tim Mitchell joins Ophir from Wavestone Capital, where he was an equity analyst. Prior to that, he was ...

Wealth firm acquires taxation educator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
An ASX-listed wealth management and financial advice firm has acquired a provider of in-house tax training for accountants and lawyers. Knowledge Shop, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Easton Investments, has paid $360,750 to acquire 65% of Taxbytes; a ...

Aviva wholesale sales head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
The head of wholesale sales at Aviva Investors has left the company and a recruitment process is underway to find his replacement. Karl Linder joined Aviva in 2015 and was responsible for building out the firm's wholesale wealth management business. ...

Zurich sells Singapore life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
The newest player to enter Singapore's life insurance market is acquiring the business portfolio of Zurich Life Singapore. Singapore Life, which launched in June 2017 as the first new local life insurer to be licensed in Singapore since 1970, will acquire ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Financial Standard attended all the major industry conferences this year to keep you informed. Chief Economists Forum It may well be Rainmaker's 25th anniversary in 2017, but this year also marked the anniversary of several historic and global economic ...

First State Super appoints head of digital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
The former entrepreneur-in-residence at Westpac's innovation hub is the new head of digital at an $81 billion superannuation fund. Joining from Westpac's The Garage, Ahmad Racheha will lead First State Super's digital strategy. He will report directly ...

Russell wins consulting mandate from $700m super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
A super fund has transferred $700 million in assets to Russell Investments' implemented investment consulting service. NESS Super, which represents over 14,500 NSW-based employees in the electrical contracting, communication and associated industries ...

HESTA wins big at AIST awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Industry super fund HESTA scooped the pool at last nights' 10th annual AIST Awards for Excellence in Melbourne last night. The fund took home three awards, including the award for Best Internal Communication Campaign for their "Eight Great Mates" campaign ...