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Raiz Invest hits $1bn in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
Raiz Invest has surpassed $1 billion in funds under management in Australia. The company put the growth down to customer engagement and reported that average balances on its platform have grown to nearly $3000 per customer. Raiz reported having more ...

Citi Securities Services, SimCorp sign deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
Citi Securities Services has entered a strategic alliance that will see it integrate post-trade custody data with SimCorp for their mutual clients. SimCorp's technology and service solutions will collaborate with Citi's proprietary custody network across ...

AMP officially exits life market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
With the complete divestment of its equity interest in Resolution Life, AMP has officially exited the life insurance business. AMP today divested its 19.13% holding in Resolution Life for $524 million. The sale of this holding completes AMP's exit ...

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Honan Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
The legislation that will see the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper through was passed this week. The Superannuation (State Public Sector) (Scheme Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by the Queensland Parliament on October 26, enabling the merger. The bill ...

Harvey Kalman joins Raiz

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Former Equity Trustees global head of business development Harvey Kalman will chair Raiz Invest. Kalman is currently board member and chair of the audit and investments board committee for the Menzies Foundation and chair of the Financial Planning Advisory ...

Sally Loane resigns as FSC chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
The Financial Services Council has announced that Sally Loane will step down as chief executive at the end of the year. Loane has led the industry body for seven years, including through the Royal Commission and its aftermath. In her time, Loane was ...

APRA appoints investment risk lead from TCorp

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
A former New South Wales Treasury Corp executive has joined the prudential regulator as head of investment risk. Geoff Stewart was appointed head of investment risk at APRA in September. Stewart recently finished up as TCorp's head of investment advisory ...

AMP reports mixed quarter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
AMP's wealth management business saw $1.4 billion in outflows last quarter and AMP Capital's assets dropped by $7 billion; however, its North platform swelled by $1.7 billion. Providing a quarterly update to the ASX this morning, AMP said improved ...

Six Park hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
Six Park hired a new operations chief in September who finished up at Westpac after a decade with the bank. Tuula Keto is the robo-adviser's chief operating officer. She most recently worked in the bank's group and change integration unit and ...