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StatewideSuper teams up with Health Partners

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
StatewideSuper will partner with Health Partners, a South Australian health fund, to offer discounted health insurance products to members. "We're a proudly South Australian super fund, and supporting the local community has always been a priority," ...

FICAP's Wannabe Rockstars a huge hit

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
Ten of the finance industry's Wannabe Rockstars battled it out this week in FICAP's annual "Who wants to be a RockStar?" event at Sydney's iconic Metro Theatre. The award for FICAP 2012 RockStar of the Year went to Jamie Thomas from ANZ, with a rendition ...

Industry execs head to UK for charity marathon

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Three senior AMP executives will lace up their running shoes next month and take part in the London marathon to raise money for the Prostate Care Foundation. Paul Harrop, Adrian Emery and Paul Williams will be joined by a team of other senior executives ...

Australian Capital Reserve directors sentenced

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... in the company's accounts and a prospectus. The three directors will serve their terms through Intensive Correction Orders (ICO). Samuel Pogson of Wahroonga, Murray Lapham of Turramurra and Steven Martin of West Pennant Hills, each pleaded guilty to ...

Dark pools attract larger trades and ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Chi-X owner, Instinet, has launched its first dark pool product for Australian equities, at a time when regulator ASIC is looking to review the trading industry. Instinet launched its Instinet BLX Australia yesterday, which will collect multiple orders ...

Sunsuper adds fireworks to marketing push

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
In line with its strategy to raise brand awareness, Sunsuper has signed up as the naming rights sponsor of Riverfire, the fireworks spectacular to announce the opening of the Brisbane Festival in September. The fund's sponsorship program is an integral ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

AIA arises from AIG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
AIA has today become the new name and brand for AIG Life in Australia as the group takes another step towards becoming a fully independent Asian-based insurance giant. The initiative follows similar moves announced last month by other former AIG subsidiaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Australian shares are are expected to open lower as caution returned to US markets after Tuesday's unexpected rally. Concerns were fuelled by auto giant General Motors moving further towards bankruptcy. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors has introduced three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) covering telco, health and consumer brands to give investors the chance to tap "defensive" investment sectors. According to BGI-owned iShares, the new ETFs lets Australians ...