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F1 scandal forces ING to dump Renault early

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... as fallout continues to dog the sport and the sponsors following the Renault F1 cheating scandal. An investigation into a plan to deliberately crash at last year's Singapore Grand Prix has lead to the Renault F1 team being slapped with a suspended two ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

CFS integrates advice businesses

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has combined five of the firm's financial planning arms under one umbrella, Colonial First State Advice Business - a move that simplifies the firm's advice structure. The new division includes Commonwealth Financial Planning ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... foreshadowed at the firm's annual general meeting last year to boost Coffey's corporate governance profile. As part of this plan the company also announced the resignation of executive director Glen Simpson who has been a director for the past nine y ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Aviva has introduced a new feature to its online underwriting platform Riskfirst that will help people who are applying for insurance cover file their "personal statement" online. The new facility, called Riskfirst mylink, will allow people who are ...

AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

Six financial advisers from across the country have been selected as finalists of the seventh Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award. The award will go to the adviser that gets the highest score in seven key areas, including ...

Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
Asset Super is introducing automatic life stage increases to members' insurance, and boosting the sum insured to each unit of standard cover in a bid to tackle underinsurance. The $1.1 billion industry fund will increase each unit of standard cover ...

Platforms bounce back 7.9 pc

Platform funds under advice jumped 7.9 per cent during the June quarter, recording their first lift in 18 months. The combined platform market at $331 billion is, however, still down 19 per cent from its $410 billion September 2007 peak, noted Rainmaker ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
When is a triple A rating not AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. ...

RetireInvest receives facelift

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
RetireInvest is broadening its advice services in 2010 - incorporating a larger holistic advice model in addition to its traditional retirement planning services, while rebranding to RI Advice Group. Paul Campbell, chief executive of the ING-owned RetireInvest ...