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PIMCO unitholders approve $10bn RE transaction

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
PIMCO unitholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the manager internalising responsible entity services for over $10 billion in funds under management, representing one of the largest RE transitions in Australian history. Just five months ago ...

Global insurance tech eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
A global provider of life insurance claims software entered into a strategic partnership with an Australian wealth management consultancy. FINEOS, which services clients including AMP, CommInsure, Macquarie, ANZ, TAL and Westpac, has joined up with ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... Australia head Jeremy Duffield in 2012, SuperEd raised $800,000 in its first funding round in 2015, and is looking to raise an extra three to $6 million on top of a recent $2.5 million to help with its partnership with Challenger. The fintech aims to ...

Global PE firm buys Australian office chain

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Australian and New Zealand operations of business product and solutions provider Staples has been acquired by a global private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. The news of Platinum Equity's acquisition occurs at the same time the firm announced ...

Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds and group life insurers now have a best practice guide to improve the quality and availability of insurance data for use across the industry. A collection of life insurance and superannuation bodies have released the best practice ...

Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
After NAB sold its significant stake in Pengana Capital to Washington H. Soul Pattinson earlier this week, Pengana and Hunter Hall are set to merge, bringing the future of Hunter Hall's current investment team into question. Assuming shareholder approval ...

How women get ahead in financial services: Executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Profile: Siobhan Blewitt, Executive director, financial adviser, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Even before Siobhan hit the trading floor, she was training herself for a career with the boys. Collecting glasses in the back of a Melbourne public bar ...

Listed advice groups gaining ground

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
As banks and major financial institutions are challenged to address set backs across respective wealth and advice businesses, several listed advice groups have shown they are on to a winning model. Growth for Centrepoint Alliance's wealth division is ...

CBA reviews part-time staff earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... in 2009 that whilst superannuation is payable on ordinary hours worked by our part-time employees, it is not payable on extra hours or overtime worked by them." "While there is no change in the law, we agree that these hours worked should have superannuation ...

Australian Unity enters trustee services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Unity's interim results showed a 43% increase in revenue compared to the corresponding period last year, bringing in an extra $271.3 million. The group recorded revenues of $901.7 million for the six months to 31 December 2016, attributed largely to ...