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MLC Life restructures team, ramps up transformation ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
MLC Life Insurance announced major changes to its innovation and transformation teams with three senior hires and a restructure of its executive lineup. In a bid to ramp up its technology transformation, the life insurer made three new appointments ...

Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... guide sets out to demystify responsible investing, unscrambling all the jargon, to help advisers move up the learning curve fast so that they can have meaningful conversations with clients on the topic." RIAA says Australia's responsible investment ...

NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... decision cannot be made on the spot, our highly experienced underwriting team are available to make common-sense decisions, fast." Yardley said. NEOS recently appointed Sargon as the trustee of its new insurance-only superannuation fund NEOS Super Plan. ...

Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
In the early months of this year, financial markets were abuzz with speculations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing an exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January when the ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
"There was a higher rate of wage growth recorded across the majority of industries in comparison to this time last year, reflecting the influence of improved labour market conditions. Annual wage growth at the Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

ANZ launches underwriting engine to market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
ANZ's life insurance arm has released its predictive underwriting technology following a successful soft launch. The big data-powered underwriting engine will allow customers applying for OneCare insurance to complete personal statements 30% faster. ...

APRA beefs up cybersecurity standards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... worst-case scenario, a major breach could even force a company out of business," Summerhayes said. "As a result, APRA is fast-tracking implementation of this standard, and expects all regulated entities to meet its requirements by 1 July next year." ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
It's the first Tuesday of November - the time when the "Melbourne Cup" runs and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets only a few hours apart. All bets are on! There are so many odds on the various horses running in the Cup but there's only ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
When the Bank of England's (BOE) Monetary Policy Council (MPC) unanimously voted to raise the Bank Rate by 25 bps to 0.75% on the 2nd of August, BOE governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying, "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you ...