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Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... retirees and how they should invest are substantially different from those investors focused on the accumulation of wealth. Our focus on after tax investment approaches was the first step in acknowledging these issues." Plato founder and managing director ...

Incoming NAB CEO to look at "legacy issues"

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Incoming National Australian Bank (NAB) chief executiveA and managing director Andrew Thorburn said that he will retain a core focus on the Australian and New Zealand franchises and will address the bank's ongoing legacy issues when he takes the reins ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... superannuation fund liquidity. "The bank would support consideration of whether the system could be improved. Areas the inquiry could focus on include whether superannuation funds are appropriately balancing the liquidity of their liabilities and their ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...

Life insurers need more 'wise old heads': APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... positive in some respects - means relatively recent crises and blunders in the insurance industry are forgotten. "If the focus is on the short term, and remuneration encourages that, then the wise old heads won't be listened to," he said. Focusing on ...

NAB CEO Clyne to retire

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
National Australia Bank chief executive A and managing director Cameron Clyne is to step down from the bank in August this year, to be replaced by Bank of New Zealand boss Andrew Thorburn. Clyne said that the job had taken a personal toll and it was ...

Wanted: Money managers that are investors not product makers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
In an era when many investment managers are engineering overly complex, multi-layered model-driven strategies, traditional managers focused on long term fundamentals are finding a receptive audience. "It's performance, performance, performance. It's ...

HFA Holdings chairman steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... acting chairman. "He feels that now would be an appropriate time for him to resign from his duties in relation to HFA and focus on personal commitments," an HFA statement to the ASX said. Young was a founder and chief executive of HFA and has acted as ...

ICAA questions AFSL system, calls for individual licensing

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... the financial services industry," the submission said. In light of this the ICAA said that the Murray review should also focus on ways to increase the financial literacy of consumers and providing access to quality advice. The accountancy body also said ...

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... can provide them with more certain investment outcomes," he said. "AMP Capital, as a leading fund manager with a strong focus on building solutions to meet specific needs, wants to bridge that gap." Keary added that AMP will be announcing further products ...