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Industry veteran joins RBC, targets Australian growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services, part of Royal Bank of Canada, announced the appointment of an industry veteran as managing director, head of global client coverage Australia. David Brown joins RBC I&TS with more than 29 years' experience in financial ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... three-figure 101.4-point "slump" in the Dow Jones Industrials index that's sure to get some palpitations going. All bad, except the reports failed to mention the absolute level of the Dow Jones index, which at 20,000-plus points render the 100 plus point ...

IRESS partners for client engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
Users of IRESS can now schedule and hold video meetings with clients thanks to a new integration. The financial services technology provider has partnered with Suitebox to deliver a digital workspace for advisers that will also allow them to screen ...

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... continued to grow albeit now at a much more modest pace than in the past. All life insurers reported increases in inflows except for CommInsure, which saw risk premiums decline by 11.4% year-on-year to $1.6 billion; Suncorp reported minimal change of ...

Long-standing AFA member and mentor honoured

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
An international hockey commentator has been honoured with this year's Michael Murphy Award at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference. Celebrating his 40th year of AFA membership at the association's 40th annual conference ...

MetLife pushes for the retail market with new hire

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
MetLife will launch its retail life insurance offer to advisers and brokers next year and has appointed a head of retail sales from AMP to facilitate this process. Matt Lippiatt joins MetLife from AMP, where he was national account manager. He has held ...

Why advisers should revisit death benefits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Three months after the super changes took effect, it's time for advisers to revisit the rules regarding death and disability benefits in conjunction with the transfer balance cap in estate planning strategies. According to IOOF head of technical services ...

BT Financial Group merges wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
BT Financial Group has consolidated its financial advice and private wealth divisions, removing the general manager of advice role. BTFG's existing client-facing advice and private wealth businesses will now work together as the newly created Advice ...

MetLife tracker enhances claims experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
MetLife Australia has enlisted an industry super fund to help launch a digital tracker aiming to add value to members' claims experience. The digital claims tracker updates customers on the progress of claims in real time via desktops, tablets and mobile ...

More time needed for TBAR transition: SMSFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
The SMSF Association is calling on the Australian Taxation Office to give SMSF trustees more time to adjust to the new Transfer Balance Account Report requirements, echoing member sentiment. In its submission to the ATO's Transfer Balance Cap and SMSF ...