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Findex appoints chief people officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... regional Australia and New Zealand to its ranks, spanning across wealth management, business advisory, tax advisory, risk insurance, audit and consulting sectors. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/findex-promotes-new-regional-partners-179795810?q=findex ...

MSC Trustees adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... roles at a range of listed and unlisted trustees. Meanwhile, O'Connell brings more than 30 years' experience across life insurance, financial advice, superannuation and custody. This includes roles with Citigroup, NAB and BNY Mellon. As a result of their ...

Integrity Life picks AGI as group life administrator

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
Integrity Life has named Australian Group Insurances (AGI) as its group life insurance administrator. AGI combines a custom-built digital cloud solution and powerful administration technologies with group insurance specialists to deliver a customised ...

Brookfield names leadership for asset management business

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... is enhancing our cash flows and increasing the replacement cost of assets we own," Brookfield said. It concluded its insurance arm, Brookfield Reinsurance currently has over US$7 billion of equity capital and approximately US$40 billion of assets.

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... been building out other sources of uncorrelated asset returns like liquid alts, including alternative risk premia and insurance. "These exposures are generally quite diversifying, which has been advantageous for us," she said. Like her peers, Hill invested ...

Commonwealth Bank profit nears $10bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... million or 69% to $10 million, due to the wind-down and closure of the Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) business. Insurance income also took a significant hit, coming in at $73 million - a decrease of $72 million or 50% from the prior year. Commonwealth ...

NEOS Life appoints sales, culture leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... from digital insurer, iptiQ. He brings more than 20 years' experience to the role across retail, group and direct insurance. He's previously held senior business development roles with Royal Bank of Canada and MLC Life, as well as serving as ...

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
MLC Life Insurance has said the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) should focus on how to ensure Australians can access financial advice, regardless of their wealth. Ahead of Michelle Levy's draft report due later this month, MLC Life said it believes ...

APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
APRA published its updated plan to reinforce the financial soundness of the banking, insurance and superannuation industries over the next four years, with few surprises on offer. The priorities in APRA's new Corporate Plan for 2022-2023 are based ...

Hejaz Financial Services, GBST provide online calculators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... GBST Digital, this three-year engagement is its first Islamic banking client. Hejaz has implemented calculators for insurance needs, extra repayments, offset, borrowing power, retirement adequacy, savings plans, stamp duty, insurance adequacy, and rent ...