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Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Australian investors need to move on from just talking about China and India's economic rise and start gaming out what it specifically means for their portfolios and what the business threats and opportunities will be. Dr Anil K. Gupta, an emerging ...

Leenane Templeton Chartered Accountants adds financial planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Leenane Templeton Chartered Accountants has launched a financial planning and advisory services division under the new brand Leenane Templeton Wealth Management. Andrew Frith, chief executive officer of the Newcastle based Leenane Templeton said the ...

Retail annuity sales boost Challenger results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Challenger Life's retail annuity sales rose 13% in the quarter ending September 30, totalling $509 million for the three months. This was the biggest quarterly total the company has had, excluding one-off transactions. Challenger Life's total annuity ...

TAL Life appoints head of group life product development

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
TAL Life has promoted Adam Fusca to head its group life product development team. Fusca has been leading TAL's corporate group life division since June 2009. "I am delighted to make this appointment. It is recognition of the great work Adam has done ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
Australian Wayne Byres has been appointed as the new secretary general of global banking standard-setting body, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Byres has been at the helm of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as executive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
Australian shares fell lower at noon following negative leads from US and European markets overnight. The local bourse opened about half a per cent down on Friday. By 1215 AEDT both major local indices had pulled down further, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Tyndall creates roles, adds new investment heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Tyndall has created two new investment writer positions and appointed two new investment heads as the $22 billion independent investment manager expands its asset management and business development activities. The former co-founder and executive director ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Australian shares rose by almost two per cent, boosted by investors' confidence that a Greek default would not extend beyond Europe. The local market opened more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche ...

Suncorp Life appoints new risk head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Sean Carroll has been formally appointed as executive general manager of Suncorp Life Risk Australia after five months acting in the role. Carroll is moving across from New Zealand where he was executive general manager (EGM) for Suncorp Life's operations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
Australian shares were slightly higher at noon but had shed some of their early gains, with investors awaiting firmer direction on the Greek debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,079.2 while the broader ...