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More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... This will be motivated primarily by client demand, as global firms pick up smaller players or forge alliances with peers in a bid to service increasingly geographically spread clients' needs. Aon has already started the ball rolling. The firm acquired ...

ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... adviser firms, Financial Partners Group. ARCH bought the stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice, in a bid to expand their presence in the Asia and Middle East retail markets. FP Group has a strong presence in these regions ...

MCG appoints Select

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... million on behalf of 45 high net worth Australian families, first started using a number of Select funds around 2003 in a bid to include alternative assets within client portfolios. Now it has incorporated the MCG Select Portfolio as the core holding ...

Gamers target lost super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Chasing cats and avoiding wombats all in a bid to find lost superannuation is part of AUSfund's campaign to get more people to consider finding their lost retirement savings. The fund's online game involves participants taking on a role as a dog that ...

No sale for Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... result of international credit and equity market volatility and the Government's latest initiative to guarantee deposits in a bid to buoy the finance sector. "We have taken the view that the market needs time to take account of the initiatives put in ...

UN staff pension in "safe" hands

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Joint Staff Pension fund (UNJSPF) chief executive has emphasised the fund is well positioned to meet benefit payments in a bid to allay growing member fears. Bernard CochemA(C), UNJSPF chief executive, said the financial crisis is a great concern to ...

CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Colonial First State has partnered with US-based fundamental indexing experts Research Affiliates in a bid to upgrade its multi manager portfolio. CFS will soon unveil a new subsidiary, Realindex Investments, which will have the exclusive right to use ...

Neuberger Berman pledges money guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... program. The move follows the decision of other players in the market - such as Putnam Investments - to join the program in a bid to protect shareholder assets. Under the program, the U.S. Treasury will guarantee investors US$1.00 per share for each ...

Putnam hoists money guaranty flag

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
Putnam Investments has joined the US Treasury's money market guaranty program in a bid to protect its shareholders' assets. The board of trustees of Putnam Funds authorised the firm's participation in the program late last month. The program provides ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... yesterday which means there wasn't a lot of confidence." Reports circulated today that Commonwealth Bank of Australia had made a bid for BankWest, the local arm of troubled British bank, HBOS. CBA denied these reports before market opening. Its stock ...