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Westpac launches affordable bill cover

Consumers hard pressed to fork out extra cash to pay for insurance cover should consider Westpac Life Insurance's new product called 'Bill Cover', which offers as much as $600 cover to pay for bills from a low $12 premium per month. The Westpac offering ...

MLC pools developed and emerging markets portfolios

Multi-manager giant MLC is the seed investor to Capital International's new 'All Country World' (ACWI) strategy, which combines investments in both developed markets and emerging markets under one roof. MLC investment manager Michelle Heinrich said ...

Macq BRIC fund approved by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
The Macquarie - Globalis BRIC Advantage Fund (Unhedged) has been assigned an 'approved' rating from Zenith. According to David Wright, director, Zenith Investment Partners, the Macquarie fund, managed by Globalis Investments, differentiates itself by ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
With all the noise around private equity, many institutional investors are all ears for how they can jump aboard the PE freight train. European buyout specialist Unigestion has highlighted some of the distinct opportunity sets for Australian investors ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open softer following a weaker Wall Street lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0718 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down six points at 5,420. Today, John Fairfax Holdings holds its annual ...

S&P to rate NZ financials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
Standard & Poor's is set to launch a new relative ratings scheme for New Zealand non-bank finance entities. Standard & Poor's New Zealand Relative Strength Ratings will measure the relative financial strength of New Zealand non-bank finance entities ...

Westpac appoints NZ chief

Westpac has appointed GE Capital Bank chairman, Brad Cooper, as chief executive officer for Westpac New Zealand to replace current chief, Ann Sherry. Ann Sherry said she wanted to return to Australia when her term ends in early 2007. "For four years ...

Schroders casts net outside MSCI World

Financial advisers looking for a global equities fund with a twist should look no further than Schroders Global Active Value, a fund that invests in shares outside the traditional global benchmark MSCI World Index. Schroders chief executive, Greg Cooper ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Super funds increasing their allocations to hedge funds and absolute strategies are not increasing their risk weightings because such strategies are really aimed at adding greater diversification. Scott MacDonald, managing director of VanMac Global ...