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ACSA appoints new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... ever-changing environment." Joining Cutts as deputy chair is Pierre Jond, managing director of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia & New Zealand and John Butler, head of client management at HSBC Bank Australia as treasurer. Gray is head of client ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... withholding tax rate to a more favourable 7.5 per cent. The new strategic alliance, MITSA (Managed Investment Trust Services Australia), will offer offshore buyers the ability to acquire and manage Australian assets while benefiting from substantial ...

Advisers in clean bill of health

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... manager, Life Risk at Zurich. Conducted by the Heart Foundation in a joint initiative with Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich), national survey involved 1,200 Australian adults, 301 of which were financial advisers. Financial advisers are more ...

Wilson HTM outsources clearing

NEW RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
Penson Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd (PFSA) announced the signing of a five-year agreement to provide equities clearing services for Brisbane based broker Wilson HTM Investment Group. Deane Sweeney, Wilson HTM chief operating officer, said outsourcing ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its ...

Zurich adds two to tele-underwriting team

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has added more resources to its tele-underwriting team following a rise in demand from financial planners for the service. The firm has hired Pam Fitzgerald and Shayne Fortune to the team. Fitzgerald joins from a ...

How the wealthy invest their money

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... we were thinking high net worths would do it themselves," said Wayne Li, senior manager, Capgemini Financial Services Australia. "But in terms of their assets under management today, and especially those who drive wealth from business ownership, we found ...

AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Adviser of the Year Award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia, recognises advisers who have provided outstanding services to their clients and contributed to the improvement of their community ...

Zurich doubles death and TPD business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has doubled its death and total and permanent disability (TPD) business in a year. After launching LifeXpress service last year, the firm has continued to gain business in the retail life risk market. Colin Morgan ...

Ausmaq goes live on SWIFT tech

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... investments. The move means the Australian SWIFT Funds network now has two major order originators - HSBC Securities Services Australia and now through Ausmaq, its first platform representative, said Candy. They are also now connected to SWIFT-enabled ...