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iExtend finds interim arrangement to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... financial products. Last November, the firm accepted a court enforceable undertaking from ASIC after the regulator found that the life insurance start-up was operating without a licence. iExtend partners with policyholders by paying the premiums of the ...

Super funds lack data for effective retirement assistance: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
Super funds lack crucial data on members' retirement income certainty preferences, hindering effective retirement assistance and compliance with Retirement Income Covenant obligations, research by Capital Preferences and Challenger reveals. The ...

MetLife Australia hires chief operating officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
The life insurer is welcoming a former CommInsure and AIA senior executive to the role. MetLife Australia has confirmed the appointment of Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur to the position of chief operating officer, effective this week. Lacheur joins from AIA ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... to prevent the commission of genocide to Gaza" and "take immediate and effective measures to address adverse conditions to life in the Gaza Strip". Defence stocks tend to rally at the onset of a war. Since Russia's invasion, share prices of Thales ...

Equity Trustees adds more super fund clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... home to about 12,500 members. As at June 2023, it had about $2 billion in funds under management. Its trustee was ClearView Life Nominees. Meantime, Guild has about $3 billion in funds under management on behalf of close to 95,000 members. Established ...

Tokenisation is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
While there is a range of digital innovation opportunities suited for different types of funds, Northern Trust says tokenisation is a key innovation the funds management industry must embrace. In a recent whitepaper, titled The future of funds, Northern ...

Netwealth records $78bn FUA, flags departure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... should continue to reduce outflows which we believe were largely driven by adverse market conditions." According to Plan for Life data, Netwealth is the sixth-largest platform by FUA market share, as at September 2023.

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... more than anything else in the world and his generosity and affection had no boundaries," the family said. "His zest for life and his relentless pursuit of perfection lives on within everyone in the Walker family." Walker is survived by his wife Sue ...

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... abrdn's shares have more than halved since the company was created via a merger of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life in 2017.

TAL appoints chief claims officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... legal counsel before becoming chief of staff of the institutional bank division. She then became chief operating officer of life, general, and lenders mortgage insurance at BTFG before taking on a newly created role as executive director to oversee insurance ...