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State Street lifted by passive strategies, ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... billion in domestic funds under management. Yesterday, the Financial Standard reported that the fund manager has leapfrogged Allianz into second place in the list of the world's 500 largest fund managers.

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... in 2006 and acquisition of Barclays' Global Investors last year. With US$1.9 trillion in AUM, StateStreet leapfrogged Allianz Global Investors, who manages US$1.85 trillion under various brands including PIMCO, into second place.

MLC appoints head of onsale advice product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
MLC Insurance has appointed former Allianz Life executive, Meredith Barnes, to the role of head of onsale advice product. Barnes will be responsible for ensuring the MLC Personal Protection Portfolio and the Aviva Protection First insurance product ...

PIMCO senior exec to head Janus

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... he was the general counsel to PIMCO Advisors L.P., formerly PIMCO's publicly listed parent company, which was sold to Allianz A.G. in 2000. Before joining PIMCO in 1996, Weil was with Bankers Trust Global Asset Management and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... Germany -- Deutsche Bank; Netherlands - ING. Japan: Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho, Nomura, Sumitomo Mitsui Insurance groups: Aegon, Allianz, Aviva, Axa, Swiss Re, Zurich According to the Financial Times, the FSB will ask these institutions "to start drawing ...

Independent directors not always a good thing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... from INSEAD and Stern School of Business, and recommendations from executives at major financial institutions including Allianz SE and Deutsche Bank. The book aims to contribute to the identification and explanation of the drivers behind the financial ...

Aussie John cracks insurance market

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... get $500,000 life insurance for $380 per year. Options such as recovery insurance are also made available to consumers. Allianz Australia Insurance spokesperson, Nicholas Scofield, said the firm welcomed competition in the direct life insurance market. ...

Nicholas-Applegate closes Australian offices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... tomorrow, all client service, sales and marketing responsibilities for the Australian market will be reallocated among Allianz Global Investors (AGI) Management Partners professionals in San Diego. "The decision was based upon how to best apply our resources," ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
More people are hopping online to get insurance, a new survey shows. A new Allianz survey of 325 of its clients noted that over 80 per cent of its clients did not want to see a financial planner to take out life insurance. The main reasons for choosing ...

Allianz pays $500,000 to bushfire sufferers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Allianz Australia has paid out more than $500,000 to Victoria's bushfire victims and expects the total industry insured damage to reach $1 billion. By noon on Thursday Allianz had received 533 claims valued at more than $55 million, more than double ...