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Premium and business growth up: TOWER

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
TOWER Australia continues to grow its insurance business posting growth in its in-force premium and new business revenues during the financial year. The insurer's inforce premiums, representing premiums on all policies that have not expired or been ...

Austock MA service signs six

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
Austock Asset Management has already signed six financial planning dealer groups and boutiques to its new managed account service after partnering with Investment Administration Services. Austock Asset Management's partnership with managed account technology ...

Quattro fund on ice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
Quattro Asset Management has shelved plans to launch of its capital protected structured product Vault 08 and shifted its focus to buying long short equity strategies. David Adiseshan, Quattro Asset Management executive director, said Vault 08 managed ...

Murray to leave Perpetual after restructure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Perpetual is integrating its property securities division into its Australian equities arm, with head of property securities Sean Murray exiting the company in the process. Perpetual is restructuring its property security investment division by integrating ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Aviva's global asset management division is launching three socially responsible investment (SRI) initiatives, including greater corporate voting actions and a renewable energy fund. Aviva Investors annual general meeting (AGM) voting practices will ...

ING to develop retirement security products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
ING Australia chief executive, Harry Stout, is assessing overseas efforts to combat longevity risk while also battling against the erosion of retirement savings in bad markets to develop better retirement security products for super fund members. Speaking ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
MTAA Super has been awarded SelectingSuper's Fund of the Year by the Rainmaker Group beating finalists that included other star performers and market innovators HESTA Super, AustralianSuper, Host-Plus and CBUS. MTAA Super achieved its award after being ...

S&P ramps up research division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Standard & Poor's is pulling out all the stops to cope with institutional demand, hiring five analysts to its local research division and creating an "out of cycle" ratings team to review new products. The ratings firm hired former Westpac Private Bank ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
UBS Global Asset Management plans to launch another international infrastructure fund next year after successfully closing its $2.1 billion International Infrastructure Fund to new investors. The firm's closed fund invests in OECD country infrastructure ...

MLC FUM falls, profits flat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
NAB's wealth management arm MLC saw funds under management fall 14.1 per cent to $94.6 billion at the end of September but pre-tax profits were up three per cent at $576 million. The firm's cash earnings before investment on retained earnings (IoRE) ...