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Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Synchron advisers has called on business strategy provider Strategies Plus to develop a new website that will help them step up their presence in online insurance. According to business strategist Michael Harrison from Strategies Plus, who was recently ...

Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... government's decision to sell its coal burning power stations before they lose all their value highlights how deeply our national focus on carbon reduction will impact the economy. The irony is the political debate around the sell-off was opposed along ...

AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... distribution relationships especially through its master trust distribution network," he said. "There will be an increased focus from human resources consultants, brokers and employers in insurance as a key employee benefit and a real differentiator ...

BT Super for Life wins clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... online banking and super integration in addition to its simple functionality resonated with customers. "Super remains a key focus area for BT and Westpac and following the successful product launch last year we're now entering the second phase of implementation ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

QIC breaks away from asset norm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
QIC, a top institutional fund manager with over $70 billion in assets under management, has restructured its business along three lines, based on alpha, beta and capital management, as opposed to traditional asset classes. Following the restructure ...

Direct property reigns: study

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... are reduced it is less likely the investors will take inappropriate defensive investment decisions as a response and will focus on longer term objectives," said Atchison.

ING buys Citistreet for $960m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... executive. "Citistreet's impressive scale and exceptional reputation in the mid and large corporate markets, complements ING's focus on the small and mid corporate, government and education markets." Charles Johnston, Citi Global Wealth Management president ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... must know what's coming around the corner. To develop big ideas for new taxes, a major aspect of the review will of course focus on the structure of our tax take, which is why Australians are being lambasted by so-called experts droning on about "tax ...

Finsia names new president

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... for roughly two years and has been a director at the institute since 2005. "Over the next two years we will increase our focus on delivering premier professional services, strengthening our policy and advocacy program and further developing our portfolio ...