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NEOS Life partners with insurance tech firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
NEOS Life has partnered with a global software firm to support its underwriting, sales and administration functions. NASDAQ-listed Ebix has deployed several functionalities for the start-up in just nine months. This includes implementing an adviser ...

ATO warns of SMSF concentration risk

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
The Australian Tax Office is set to contact tens of thousands of SMSFs warning of the risks of being too concentrated. The ATO announced it will be contacting around 17,700 SMSF trustees and auditors at the end of the month who they suspect may be holding ...

Industry expert to bolster Chi-X capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Chi-X Australia has appointed an industry expert to the newly created position of director of technical account management. Peter Warton steps into the new role form his current position as head of market operations at Chi-X. Chi-X said the new role ...

AFA names education award finalists

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has named the 2019 finalists for its AFA Excellence in Education Award. In its 12th year now, the award recognises "the transformative power of education in advice" and rewards advisers who are "striving for excellence ...

Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
The $154 billion sovereign wealth fund voted against equity grants to Pinnacle Investment Management's managing director Ian Macoun and two executive directors, a summary of its proxy voting for FY19 shows. Future Fund was happy to support re-election ...

Praemium FUA skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Praemium saw funds under administration hit $16.1 billion over the last financial year, thanks largely to its off-platform managed accounts service. The ASX-listed platform's FUA shot up 108% in FY19 as a result of launching the Virtual Managed ...

Low inflation rate masks rising living costs woes

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
While the overall inflation rate has been low, retirees are seeing a "steep" increase in the cost of basic items, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. In ASFA's latest Retirement Standard, it found over the year to June ...

Ex-ANZ adviser goes solo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
A former senior ANZ financial adviser has started her own practice, choosing RI Advice as licensee. Alysia Laird told Financial Standard she started Zebra after 16 years with ANZ, when things started to shift for financial advisers at the big bank. ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
In his outing before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on August 9, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe practically gave his nod of approval in Financial Standard 's clear as the crystal ball's ...

Zurich chief to depart, successor named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
Zurich announced a new chief executive for its life and investments business as Tim Bailey exits for a new role. TAL Life chief operating officer Justin Delaney will join Zurich from December this year. Prior to that, Delaney held a series of senior ...