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Mercer creates portfolio management lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Mercer is growing its Australian senior leadership team with the creation of a new portfolio management head. It also announced the retirement of its chief market strategist. Ronan McCabe will join as head of portfolio management commencing February ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
AMP has issued a clarifying statement following interim chief executive Mike Wilkins' testimony to the Royal Commission that the fees-for-no-service issue was initially expected to cost $1.2 billion and take nine years to remedy. He also flagged ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
ANZ is the slowest and an "outlier" among the major banks to report significant breaches, the Royal Commission heard this morning. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott couldn't justify why the bank took 213 days to report significant breaches (despite ...

TAL launches health insurance products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
TAL launched an adviser-focused health insurance offering by way of an expanded strategic partnership with nib. Financial advisers will be able to refer clients to a TAL health insurance team at nib, receiving a 5% discount on cover. The new offering ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Financial Standard launches its FS Power50 guide today, recognising the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia as voted by the industry. In compiling the list, Financial Standard defined "influential" as individuals who have been or continue ...

Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
A global manager has partnered with the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia to launch a guide to responsible investing for financial advisers as demand for the strategies swells. AXA Investment Managers worked with Responsible Investment ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Are we seeing US President Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" in real-time, live and in action? Ever since Trump declared a trade war with China in late March this year, there have been actual implementations, threats, some concessions and now ...

NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Since launching in mid-2018, life insurance start-up NEOS Life is making strides with the launch of a new product and expedited its underwriting decision times. NEOS managing director Brett Yardley said that most underwriting decisions finalised in ...

Gender split sees new investment industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Australia's private equity and venture capital businesses are committed to increasing the number of women employees following the sector's latest workplace diversity study. At its 25th annual conference in September, the Australian Private Equity ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...