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Ethics Centre to launch FASEA approved course

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Ethics Centre is developing an ethics course for financial advisers to help them meet the requirements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) reforms. The bridging course is expected to be piloted in conjunction with an ...

Super fund names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
A $12 billion superannuation fund awarded its life insurance contract to a new provider, ending a seven-year partnership with OnePath. TAL will take over from 1 July 2019 as LGIAsuper's group life insurance partner. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar ...

Morgan Stanley raises capital for 86 400

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... attempting to disrupt the Australian banking industry and claw market share from the big four. The neobank is in its pilot stage and plans to launch with a transactions and savings account, followed by retail mortgages. It says it is well on the way ...

Insurtechs improve life insurance inefficiencies: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... million, up from 24% in 2018. But more work is needed to ensure that access to capital does not limit the growth of both early-stage start-ups and the wider ecosystem, Parton said. In 2019, only 29% of insurtechs were in pre-revenue phase. This marks ...

Industry fund awards group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... input during the tender process." Eligible Rest members will continue to have access to the AIA's Vitality program at this stage, the fund confirmed.

Former Labor senator joins Sargon

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... superannuation and technology. "The intersection of technology and financial services is where I plan to focus in this next stage of my career," Conroy said. "Sargon is an exciting, homegrown fintech company. It's independent and not beholden to or aligned ...

Aon exits advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Fund (ERF) moved to AUSfund - Australia's unclaimed superannuation fund - on April 13. Aon said the transfer was the third stage of the strategic alliance with EQT, following the launch of smartMonday and the $2 billion successor fund transfer in December ...

Tribeca partners for new fund, hires lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... macroeconomic advisory firm Vanda Securities. A prominent Singaporean family office with a track record of backing early stage hedge funds has injected $50 million as seed capital, Tribeca said in a statement. Stover has worked at Farallon's San Francisco ...

Investment manager appoints global chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... executive. Savills Investment Management named Alex Jeffrey as its new chief executive, as the firm embarks on the next stage of its global growth. Set to join the firm later this year, Jeffrey will be based in Singapore and will take a seat at the firm's ...

Aussie blockchain investor goes global

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... funds. "We want Ari and the team to continue what they have been doing; navigating and identifying opportunities in the early stage, rapidly developing and commercialising blockchain technologies and providing investment access to accredited and sophisticated ...