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Zurich ramps up sales

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed two senior sales executives to its investments team. Kristine Wade has been appointed national sales manager, investments, and will bring over 12 years sales experience in the financial services sector ...

New appointments at Macquarie

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Macquarie Adviser Services has appointed Peter Shepherd as its new head of sales and marketing. Departing the role is Macquarie Adviser Services executive director, Jason Huddy who will be relocating to the UK to head Macquarie Banking and Financial ...

Wikis may be working for Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The arrival of Gail Kelly at the helm of Westpac may accelerate the bank's adoption of "Web 2.0" tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks, allowing staff to share information freely and collaborate online. The bank already has around 1000 user ...

Australia's reversing fertility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... China's 0.6 per cent and the UK's 0.3 per cent. Australia's growing population is also expected to put renewed economic focus on whether we should introduce paid maternity and paternity leave and review the structure of the bay bonus. A major inquiry ...

Adept Capital launches Asian FOHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... investment officer at Adept Capital Partners, and an eight-person team manage the Early Stage Asia Fund. "[Early stage managers] focus more on performance than growing assets and they tend to have fresh ideas. These are also by nature the smaller funds ...

NZ Super in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... of the short term volatility on returns from specific market declines, as in property and global equities. We continue to focus on this diversification and meeting the long term objectives of the fund." The last six months have been a rollercoaster for ...

MFS seeks name change to GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... financial and operation separation that exists between [ASX listed] MFT and MFS". The groups' business structure and cultural focus will not be affected by the name change. The required regulatory approvals for the name change are being sought before ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The current share market turbulence has been hailed a "positive" way to kickstart the year for the superannuation industry, as the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) forges onward with new goals and agenda for 2008. Speaking at the ...

Mercer to research India

... Mehrotra as its business leader for the new venture and as the head of the retail services unit for Asia Pacific. Their focus will be on retail intermediaries such as private banks and wealth management firms. "India's high-net-worth population growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today, taking a positive lead from the US overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 55 points to 5,608, on a volume of 5612 contracts. ...