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Military Super revamps strategic asset allocation

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Military Super has overhauled the strategic asset allocation throughout four of its five investment options following the fund's annual investment review. Starting 15 October, the fund, which had $3.1 billion in assets under management at the end of ...

AMP hires former ING Aus exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
AMP Financial Services has created a new role to cater for independent financial advisers and alliance partners, recruiting Dan Powell, formerly at ING Australia, to the position. Powell has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry. ...

Ipac funnels $50m into alts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
Ipac joins the fray of fund managers that are eyeing opportunities in debt securities - opening a new portfolio this year that is dedicated entirely to the asset class. According to Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac which had $12 billion ...

Channel swimmer named Actuary of the Year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... profession and also raising more than $160,000 for charity. Stephan is chief actuary at Munich Re and swam the English Channel in just over 12 hours and in doing so raised more than $160,000 for the oncology unit at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. ...

Aon appoints advice general manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... With a background in practice management and adviser recruitment Walker will be tasked with implementing Aon's advice channel strategy with a focus on generating growth and further strengthening and building the Aon team.

New head of sales for Macquarie Wrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Macquarie Adviser Services has appointed ex-AMP executive Cameron Spittle as head of sales for Macquarie Wrap and Macquarie's cash solutions. With more than a decade of experience in the financial services industry, Spittle joins Macquarie after eight ...

Challenger to ramp up life and funds mgmt after mortgage sale

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... billion worth of residential mortgages for $385 million. The deal gives NAB a significant footprint in the mortgage broker channel, where it is trailing behind other banks such as Commonwealth Bank and Westpac, according to mortgage aggregator reports. ...

OneVue introduces portfolio blocking

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... will make the SMA services operated by OneVue on behalf of their clients more attractive to managers as a distribution channel which in turn should increase investor choice."

Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Investment growth may be important - but top of mind for many investors now is the fear that their age pension may be slashed by Centrelink, said Suncorp Financial Planning. David Carter, executive general manager of advice solutions at Suncorp, said ...

Gen-Y in a bottle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... provide information wirelessly and globally. And while YouTube has been widely popular as a non-commercial communications channel, financial services firms need to have video links that will allow their customers to talk to staff on the net. Scopelliti ...