Superannuation Satisfaction Report: HESTA has the happiest customers
/HESTA came out on top of Roy Morgan’s six-monthly survey into satisfaction ratings of superannuation funds.
Read MoreGlobal ESG Update
/ISS looks into big tobacco’s foray in the oral drug delivery space
IOSCO consultation on ESG ratings and data providers
Risk People Update
/ANZIIF announces Donna Walker Awards
ANZ welcomes new director
Allianz appoints acting CEO
HUB24 appoints chief product officer
AFA appoints CEO
FPA loses head
Zurich appoints head of partnerships, loses group insurance manager
Allianz Partners welcomes CEO
AFCA appoints six ombudsmen, promotes and reshuffles team
Risk Company Update
/AIA Australia launching new financial advice offering
Read MoreRisk Regulatory Update
/ASIC wants more done to improve TPD insurance
ASIC adviser fee model report finds results "pleasing"
/An ASIC report into the progress of the financial advice industry in removing conflicted remuneration has found the industry has transitioned well.
Read MoreMetLife report on risk commissions
/MetLife has published a report on the value of life insurance to Australian consumers in a love letter to risk commissions and vote of support for the industry.
Read MoreFifth risk factors identified contributing to Australian deaths
/AIA Australia has added environmental factors and mental health concerns to the new factors contributing to disease and death in Australia.
Read MoreFund Regulatory Update
/New inquiry launched into implications of capital concentration
Fund Product Update
/Evans and Partners launches retail arm, offering retail
PineBridge launches Asian small-cap fund to Aussie investors
Acadian launches global macro fund
Copia releases global environmental fund
Alphinity launches global sustainable strategy
Fund Company Update
/Aon-WTW deal crashes
VISSF and Aware Super to merge
ISS to buy Rainmaker
Fund People Update
/Maple-Brown Abbott welcomes head of ESG
HESTA loses veteran executive
abrdn launches Sustainability Institute
AustralianSuper promotes portfolio manager, welcomes new CEO
WTW appoints new head of Australian investments
Future Fund appoints deputy chief investment officer
Yarra Capital welcomes new MD
State Street appoints head of product management APAC
SMSF Association welcomes back board member
ACSI welcomes new president
Aware Super appoints ESG expert
Bennelong appoints chair for two organisations
legalsuper loses director
Risk People Update
/CBA’s general manager leaving after 48 years
Zurich appoints country CEO, loses general insurance CEO
AIA Australia welcomes incoming chair
AFA appoints new CEO
FPA CEO leaving
Risk Regulatory Update
/OnePath incurs penalties for direct sales insurance practices
AFA says APRA, ASIC, using undermining language
ASIC finalises investigation into AMP FP fee-for-no-service
ASIC’s adviser reference checking obligations published
Consultation open for hawking reforms for financial products
Risk Company Update
/TAL and Deakin partner up for adviser education
CountPlus merges two member firms
MLC Life partners with Beyond Pain to get people back to work
Cryptocurrency Update
/Mark Carnegie announces cryptocurrency fund
Elon Musk doing an about-turn on how green bitcoin is
BitMEX crypto derivatives platform launches tracking index
ASIC consultation paper released on crypto-assets
State Street Investor Confidence Index June & July 2021
/June 2021 Investor Confidence Scores - fall
July 2021 Investor Confidence Scores - rise
Fund Regulatory Update
/Government seeks feedback on retirement income covenant position paper
Fund Company Update
/Sydney Airport says no thanks to consortium’s offer
Macquarie to buy AMP Capital’s GEFI
Louise Walsh launches new capital raising business
Fund People Update
/HESTA appoints head of portfolio management
AustralianSuper loses CEO
Charter Hall welcomes ESG head
Aware appoints director
ACSA CEO moving on
Vision Super appoints chair
SuperConcepts welcomes CEO
Deutsche Bank appoints CEO
AMP Capital loses energy MD
Westpac welcomes new board member
