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Russell upgrades insurance

NEWS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Russell Investments rolled out a series of technology upgrades and new insurance solutions, which the company said would help address Australia's 'she'll be right' attitude towards insurance. The upgrades will be applied to the Russell SuperSolution ...

Netwealth partners with AIA on insurance

NEWS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Netwealth Investments has launched LifeWRAP, a new integrated insurance facility for netwealth platform clients, developed with insurer AIA. LifeWRAP provides netwealth planners and advisers with a centralised platform, enabling them to service not ...

Netwealth expands distribution

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Platform and financial services provider netwealth Investments has appointed a former national HNW manager at Credit Suisse, Alexander Ordon, as senior distribution manager for the northern region. Besides Ordon, netwealth said it plans to make further ...

Macq Life Active premiums reach $1 million

NEWS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Macquarie Life Active has surpassed $1 million in premiums, just 10 weeks after launching. Macquarie said 180 advisers have submitted applications for the product on behalf of 500 clients. Over 30 per cent of the advisers are either new to Macquarie ...

Investec eyes aircraft leasing market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Hoping to exploit the burgeoning demand for alternative assets, Investec Global Aircraft Fund launched an open-ended capital raising yesterday and appointed a former senior Qantas executive to its investment committee. Investec said it was seeking funds ...

CFS snares Macq exec to head Bankwest Fin Advice

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Colonial First State (CFS) has recruited a new senior executive from Macquarie private wealth for its Bankwest financial advice business. CFS has appointed Cassandra Hinze to the position of head of Bankwest Financial Advice (BWFA). Hinze joins Colonial ...

INGIM hires two for wholesale market

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
ING Investment Management (INGIM) Australia has appointed Natalie Grey, former state manager (NSW and ACT) for AMP Capital, as its northern region manager as part of its bigger push into the wholesale market. Based in Sydney, Grey will be responsible ...

Zenith expands research team

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Zenith Investment Partners has added two analysts to its research team in response to its growing business pipeline. The Melbourne-based researcher said the new hires were made to enhance the services it provides to existing clients, to address client ...

Sustainable investing gathers steam in Europe

NEWS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... share of sustainable investments in European High Net Worth Individuals' (HNWIs) portfolios has increased since the GFC, a news study has found. Sustainable investments now account for approximately 11 per cent of Europeam HNWI's portfolio's, or a,-729 ...

Praemium SMARTwrap signs AFS

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
Technology provider Praemium announced in a statement to the ASX today that its SMARTwrap platform has won its first approval from a national dealer group - Australian Financial Services group (AFS), barely a month after launching. Based on Praemium's ...