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ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
ING sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Fubon Financial Holding for a consideration equivalent to $850 million. The Dutch financial institutions will be paid in shares and subordinated debt securitie of Fubon Financial Holding. As a result ...

Avanteos launches managed account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Avanteos is building on its direct equities service and launching its managed account product to provide greater transparency and flexibility for financial planners. The managed account's first phase is an individually managed account (IMA) product ...

Asgard refines licence service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Financial planning practice owners can tailor their dealer group licence so they only pay for the services they need after Asgard Wealth Solutions launched Licensee Select. Licensee Select attempts to cater for each businesses requirements across three ...

Patience is a virtue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
Another day, another record on Wall Street - a record fall that is - as a new day brings fresh news that financial Armageddon is nigh. Yesterday's concerted action by 6 of the world's major central banks - plus the Peoples Bank of China - on top of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower again after receiving a strong negative lead from Wall Street. At 0750 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 180 points at 4,120. Today, OZ ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Heads, you lose US$1 trillion. Tails, you lose US$700 billion. This is the stark choice that stares the US Congress in the face after seeing the market pandemonium that followed their rejection of the Treasury/Federal Reserve's bail-out package. Relative ...

Aviva Investors forms $488bn FM

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Aviva yesterday launched its newly integrated global asset management business Aviva Investors - a $488 billion investment powerhouse with 10 companies rolled under one brand. Aviva announced in February that Australian based Portfolio Partners and ...

FTSE 'watches' Greece and South Korea

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
FTSE's annual review of county classification resulted in a new 'watchlist' that could see the promotion Taiwan to 'developed' status and Greece being demoted to 'advanced emerging' status. FTSE classifies each country into four categories: developed ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The structured finance sector of the domestic debt capital market saw most activity last week, in terms of issuance and rating actions. The sector, and primarily RMBS, has made something of a comeback this month after a relatively quiet August. Issuance ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) listed a further two iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs), providing Australian investors access to Brazil, Russia, India and China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than ...