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Life insurance ranks lowest in customer satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Life insurance ranks the lowest of all insurance types, according to Roy Morgan research. In the year to December 2016, Roy Morgan's Single Source Survey of more than 9000 risk and life insurance policy holders found 67.4% were satisfied - down from ...

Northern Trust partners for private equity blockchain

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Northern Trust is working with multiple key stakeholders to launch the first commercial implementation of blockchain technology for the private equity sector. Partnering with IBM, Northern Trust deployed a distributed ledger for the administration of ...

Kaplan uses AI to stop adviser social media blunders

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Kaplan Professional entered a partnership to develop a new tool to help advisers create compliant social media content by identifying "risky" language in real-time. Artemis, developed by Kaplan and regtech firm Red Marker, checks compliance issues associated ...

Padua founder takes on new role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
The founder of Padua Financial Group is returning to take on a leadership role at the advice-focused fintech group he co-founded in 2013. Matt Esler is returning as Padua Financial Group's executive chair after co-founding the company in 2013 with his ...

Active returns at their worst since 2009

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
The majority of Australian actively-managed funds in all categories underperformed their respective benchmarks in calendar 2016 - the first time this has happened since 2009. Over the 12 months to December 31, the 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active ...

Praemium board terminates CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Praemium's chief executive will leave the company after its board announced the termination of his employment and the appointment of an interim replacement. Michael Ohanessian was chief executive from 2011 and managing director from 2012. In a statement ...

Mercer launches LifetimePlus 2.0

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
In order to make its longevity solution more accessible to retail investors and advisers, Mercer has created a second version of LifetimePlus. The new version incorporates 35% growth assets - originally it was fully defensive - and has been streamlined ...

Legg Mason hires marketing head from Hastings

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Legg Mason appointed a new head of marketing for Australia and New Zealand. Felicity Nicholson joins Legg Mason from Hastings Asset Management, where she held the same role. Before that, she was head of marketing - platforms and investments at MLC and ...

BNY Mellon secures former PM Capital head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
PM Capital's former head of distribution has moved to an adviser-focused role with an investment management subsidiary of BNY Mellon. Insight Investment, which reported assets under management of about $700 billion in 2016, has appointed Rob Thompson ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
Australia's financial services industry and regulators no longer broadly consider climate change to be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum ...