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AUI boosts retail and insto arms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Australian Unity Investments has appointed Damen Purcell as head of retail distribution, Daniel Thomas as head of health sales in its retail arm, and Ciaran McAssey to the newly created role of head of institutional sales. Purcell, previously state ...

Wingate pushes for Everest board removal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Wingate Group has ramped up its efforts to oust the board of Everest Financial Group ahead of the annual general meeting next week. In a letter to shareholders, Wingate insists the Everest board should be removed because of litigation issues, excessive ...

Veitch wins top AXA adviser award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Michelle Veitch of MAP Financial Strategies in South Australia has won the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy, AXA's top gong at its national annual adviser awards. MAP has two practices, one in Adelaide's CBD, which trades as Business and Investment Consultants ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Super funds and investors upset about the mining stocks plunge this week should shift their blame from the government and instead zero in on the miners themselves because it was their idea. In a 20-page submission to the Henry Review in November 2008 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, after a negative finish on Wall Street and weaker commodities prices during the offshore session. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 54 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and gold prices firmer. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points higher at ...

Directors disqualified for 20 years

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
ASIC has disqualified six directors in the last three months from managing corporations for a combined 20 years, following their involvement in failed companies. Of these disqualified directors, three were from Victoria, two were from Queensland and ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
HOSTPLUS and ME Bank have terminated their sponsorships with Melbourne Storm in the wake of the NRL scandal. David Elia, chief executive at HOSTPLUS, said the relationship with Melbourne Storm is untenable and has terminated its sponsorship immediately. ...

Wingate slams Everest governance, wants board out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
Wingate Group wins a small victory in its campaign to oust the Everest board due to poor governance after Everest said it will not award an options package to its chief executive Jeremy Reid. The Everest board said Reid has elected not to take up the ...

AIA appoints head of adviser services

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
AIA Australia has appointed former TOWER Australia manager, Pina Sciarrone, as head of adviser services, individual life. Sciarrone previously worked as state sales manager for Victoria/Tasmania at TOWER Australia. Prior to joining TOWER, she worked ...