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Aviva Appoints NSW Manager

Aviva, a group comprised of financial services companies, Navigator and Norwich Union Life Australia and Funds Managers Portfolio Partners, has appointed its State Manager to oversee NSW and the ACT. Mitchell Sinclair joins the group after 11 years ...

New underwriter for IUS

Wayne Anstiss has been appointed Underwriting Development Manager, Accident and Health at Sydney based International Underwriting Services (IUS). IUS is a leading underwriting agency that specialises in group income protection insurance for employers ...

Asset Super Board looks to Steer straight ahead

National director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Australia, Naomi Steer, has been appointed to the Board of Asset Super to take the place of former speaker of the NSW Upper House John Johnson. Steer's experience has mainly ...

Quintessential Wealth explores Eastern Europe

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2005
... Slovenia. QWL director Ross Hopkins says these nations' stock markets were boosted by admission last year to the European Union and are undergoing a wave of privatisations. GDP for the region growing three times faster than Europe - a trend which the ...

Watson Wyatt picks up consultant gig for LUCRF

Industry superannuation fund Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has named Watson Wyatt as its investment consultant as of August 1st this year. The announcement follows on from news that Watson Wyatt was chosen as consultant by the Federal ...

ACTU renews call for 15 per cent SGC

... capital for investment as well as providing for health and living costs in retirement," he says. The call was part of the union secretary's demand for an 'investment-led reform agenda focussed on the supply side of the economy'. Combet criticised the ...

ASIC pleased with regional advisers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is encouraged by the efforts of regional advisers to comply with the Financial Services Reform Act following a series of regional adviser visits. ASIC Compliance Directorate executive director ...

New office property trust from MacarthurCook

... building was bought for $54.5 million on an initial yield of 9.0 per cent and houses 21 tenants including the Australian Rugby Union and Westpac Banking Corporation. MacarthurCook managing director and chief investment officer says the goal of the trust ...

…as Minchin denies union funds attack

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2005
... Finance Minister Nick Minchin has denied the Government's new choice of superannuation laws were motivated by an attack on union dominated super funds. Workplaces which previously provided only one chosen super scheme for employees will have to open ...

FPA concerned over misleading advertising about Choice

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expressed its concerns that the current advertising campaigns regarding choice of fund are factually inaccurate and are creating a confusing climate for consumers in the lead up to the new regime. The FPA ...