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Frontier adds two consultants

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... worked at KRA Wealth Management as a financial adviser providing strategic advice across investments, superannuation, insurance, and retirement strategies. The second recruit, Yeukayi Kadzere, has landed at Frontier as a consultant in the firm's ...

ASIC renews leadership team

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... leader, markets infrastructure Nathan Bourne has been promoted to senior executive leader, credit, banking, and general insurance. In his new role, Bourne will assume responsibility for the day-to-day supervision of regulated entities within the credit ...

Super funds prime distributor of death, TPD cover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... "But since then, it has fully recovered." Looking at the three primary distribution channels - being retail, group and direct - Rainmaker found the dominant channel in 2022 was super funds, accounting for $6.9 billion in death and TPD premiums. This ...

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... Panel reprimanded a financial adviser who inadequately assessed the consequences of rolling over superannuation and life insurance cover, labelled the panel's least serious disciplinary action yet. Keeping the adviser's identity anonymous, the ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... total customer remediation bill was attributed to other wealth services relating to advice quality, consumer credit insurance products, certain superannuation, and other products. About $673 million was remediated to customers suffering from poor retail ...

Bombora, Morrows partner on risk advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
Advice groups Morrows and Bombora have joined forces to create a dedicated risk insurance business. Morrows Risk Insurance will operate as a division of Morrows, licensed by Bombora, and leveraging the expertise of both firms to deliver tailored risk ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... Aberdeen Standard Investments, and the UK's Co-operative Insurance Society. She also founded the 100% Club and will now direct AustralianSuper's ESG initiatives in Europe. Coming from BNP Paribas Asset Management, Manfield's experience includes ...

Westpac closes Specialist Businesses Division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
Westpac has decided to fold the Specialist Businesses Division that once housed its platforms, superannuation and insurance businesses, redeploying its lead Jason Yetton. The bank has restructured in support of its next strategic phase, chief executive ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... implementation of the Retirement Income Covenant shows that the work that needs to be done in the super sector is not just in the insurance space," assistant treasurer Stephen Jones told an industry event in response to the findings. "Funds should know ...

ClearView strengthens leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... assumes the position of group executive for product and pricing, stepping up from his previous role as head of life insurance product and pricing, which he held since 2021. Kulikov's responsibilities will expand to include data and analytics, and product ...