Articles tagged with 'ACC'
Former ANZ portfolio manager joins ACC
16 September 2024 - The ACC investment fund had created a new role managing Australian REITs.
OCR Announcement: What the Reserve Bank said
24 May 2023 - The good news is the official cash rate has been increased by only 25 basis points: the bad news is that it doesn't look like easing any time soon...
NZ Super Fund hit hard by global market volatility
17 May 2022 - Challenging global equity markets have wiped $2 billion from the NZ Super Fund in the past year and the downturn is expected to continue over the next 12 months.
Health experts predict more collaboration between public and private sectors, and ACC
4 April 2022 - Expect “administrative chaos” when the government’s health reforms go live in July.
Kiwi Wealth on the block?
31 January 2022 - Evidence is mounting that fund manager Kiwi Wealth is up for sale. The AFR's Street Talk column says that global investment banking giant Goldman...
Funds' net-zero committment must be credible
29 October 2021 - Public disclosure will be crucial to the success of the Crown Responsible Investment Framework says Mindful Money's Barry Coates who also says "pledge and forget is not an option".
Well-known names join ACC Investment committee
9 July 2021 - Two experienced fund managers with stints at ANZ, BT and Mint Asset Management have joined the ACC Investment Committee.
Pathfinder and ACC invest in All Black's mental health initiative
28 May 2021 - KiwiSaver provider Pathfinder and the Accident Compensation Corporation have teamed up with Mentemia, both investing in the workplace wellbeing platform founded by Sir John Kirwin and tech entrepreneur Adam Clark.
John Kirwan's mental health app gets heavyweight support
26 May 2021 - The Accident Compensation Corporation and Pathfinder has invested more than $2 million in workplace wellbeing platform Mentemia in an effort to reduce mental health injuries.
Greens want ACC extended to cover sickness
7 July 2020 - A Green Party policy could mean less demand for income protection insurance from insurers.
ACC to decarbonise it portfolio
17 June 2020 - The Accident Compensation Corporation has announced a target to halve the carbon intensity of its $46 billion investment portfolio by 2030.
Long-serving ACC investment chief calls it a day
11 November 2019 - Accident Compensation Corp's chief investment officer Nicholas Bagnall is calling it a day after spending more than a quarter of a century helping build the state-owned workplace insurer's investment portfolio to some $45 billion.
The willful ignorance of a miopic point of view
10 September 2019 - Sounds angry and somewhat is. It comes from constantly being told that commission-based sales people, especially life insurance advisers, are bottom-feeding scum of the earth.
Not acceptable that ACC doesn't cover illness: OECD
13 December 2018 - New Zealand's ACC scheme should be extended to cover illness, the OECD has said in a new report.
nib gets its latest rating report card on its performance
29 October 2017 - Health insurer, nib, has a sound competitive position and sound capital and earnings, Standards and Poors says in its latest report which gives the company an A- rating.
Sovereign launches ACC add-on
6 September 2017 - Sovereign has launched new accidental injury cover, which is designed to give customers financial protection if they suffer an accidental injury.
Kiwibank's IT work-in-progress proves costly
1 September 2017 - Kiwibank’s profit has tumbled more than 50%, largely due to an impairment charge relating to an IT project that may fail to keep up with the pace of customer behaviour change.
Trustee company turns to private equity
1 September 2017 - Private equity company Direct Capital takes a stake in Complectus, which owns Perpetual Guardian and other trustee firms.
Bank boss resigns
22 August 2017 - Kiwibank chief executive Paul Brock is to step down after seven years leading the company.
Getting to Know: Peter Neilson
18 August 2017 - Peter Neilson was the chair of the Financial Services Council until insurers quit in revolt over a report into insurance commissions, and was the Associate Minister of Finance during the sharemarket crash. Here, he talks about why advisers should be more like surgeons.
Goal-based insurance planning
9 August 2017 - It still strikes me as amazing that lots and lots of home loan insurance is sold and not very much “you get to keep your home” insurance is sold.
Mark Weaver has died
12 June 2017 - Actuary Mark Weaver has died after a short fight with cancer.
