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AXA wins Life Insurer of the Year

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
AXA Australia has taken out the Platinum Award for Life Insurance Company of the Year at the inaugural Association of Financial Advisors (AFA) and Plan For Life Life Insurance Company of the Year Product and Service Quality Awards 2006. The award capped ...

MFS goes on a shopping spree

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Listed investment group MFS has been on a buying spree of late, announcing it had entered into an agreement to purchase another New Zealand advisory firm, taking a 40 per cent stake in an Australian funds management business and launching an off-market ...

Zurich reviews managers after DeAM divestment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Hot on the heels of Deutsche Asset Management's (DeAM) divestment of its Australian funds management manufacturing business to Aberdeen Asset Management, Zurich Financial Services has asked Mercer Investment Consulting to undertake a review of managers ...

ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
ING's has launched a new capital protected fund through its OneAnswer platform that gives investors access to alternative investments with the comfort of built-in safeguards. Developed exclusively for ING by SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale Asset Management ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
Soft base metal prices and losses on Wall Street are expected to drive the Australian share market down when it opens. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0704 AEDT, the June share price index contract was down 16 points to 6,008. In corporate news, Ten ...

Time for Aussies to go global with property: APN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
The time has come for Australian investors to tap into global property opportunities with the asset class becoming truly globalised, according to APN Funds Management. Mike Doble, director of Retail for APN Funds Management, said that Australian investors ...

Super tops $1 trillion as retail keeps winning inflows race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
Australia's superannuation savings pool has climbed to $1 trillion at December 2006 after jumping 19 per cent during the year, said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Despite the continuing media campaigns promoting the fee and performance ...

Equipsuper adds two to team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
Equipsuper has appointed and ex-Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) executive as chief financial officer as well as announcing a new company secretary. Former head of operations with the VFMC, John Rodd, has joined Equipsuper as chief financial ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

In a detailed wealth management update today, the heads at Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply higher following large gains on Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0650 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 90 points at 6,000. Today, Colorado Group reports its annual ...