Columbia Threadneedle Investments appoints Head of Institutional, Australia and New Zealand

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Columbia Threadneedle Investments, a leading global asset management group, has announced the appointment of Glen Giddings, Head of Institutional, Australia and New Zealand. Glen, will report to Jon Allen, Head... Read more continue reading

AFA meeting with the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services and an update on FASEA

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Further to our recent communications, there have been a number of consultation papers issued by FASEA regarding Professional Standards including the National Exam that has to be successfully completed by... Read more continue reading

TAL enters agreement to acquire Suncorp Life

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TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia Pty Limited (TAL), a leading Australian life insurance specialist, has announced that it has entered into a Heads of Agreement to acquire Suncorp’s Australian life insurance... Read more continue reading

Zenith appoints third research analyst from financial planning firm

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Zenith has recruited a third research analyst from the financial planning industry with the appointment of James Damicoucas as Associate Investment Analyst. James will undertake fund manager research as part... Read more continue reading

Zurich announces new leadership team to drive dual proposition strategy

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Zurich has unveiled details of the executive leadership team that will take its Australian Life & Investments business forward once the acquisition of OnePath Life has completed. The composition of... Read more continue reading

AMP reports 1H 18 results

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1H 18 underlying profit1 of A$495 million (1H 17: A$533 million) and net profit2 of A$115 million (1H 17: A$445 million). Net profit reflects advice remediation provision announced on 27 July. Strong... Read more continue reading

Supply and demand – upward pressure on rent in the office market

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Rising land values, population growth and constrained supply of new office accommodation is likely to put upwards pressure on Melbourne office rents in the near future according to Forza Capital,... Read more continue reading

MetLife Australia appoints Retail State Managers and Senior Underwriting Managers

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MetLife Australia has appointed Richard Holt as Head of Service Delivery, with overall responsibility for MetLife’s retail service proposition, supporting advisers and other intermediaries across new business, underwriting, and policy administration.... Read more continue reading

Expert warns employee bonus plans and business sale contracts to be adversely affected by new accounting standard

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Businesses are seriously underestimating the time, cost and effort it will take to get ready for the new Lease Accounting Standard, warns a leading corporate accounting expert. Chris King, a... Read more continue reading

Corporate culture a key to investment success

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Leading investment manager WCM Investment Management (WCM) has highlighted to local investors the importance of detailed corporate culture analysis when constructing global equity portfolios. This message is consistent with the... Read more continue reading