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Optimum gets a pre-Christmas product upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
Asteron has announced a range of improvements to its Optimum corporate and personal super platforms, ranging from new investment choices, family-linked accounts and improved insurance cover. Jane Power, Asteron's head of product and marketing, said ...

Tyndall appoints new MD

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
Tyndall has appointed ex-Asteron chief operating officer, corporate and distribution, Brett Himbury as managing director to replace Barry Sheehan. Himbury will report to Dennis Fox, chief executive of parent Promina Financial Services, and will be responsible ...

Suncorp-Promina merger relies on IT integration

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... organisations don't dovetail. They are different systems, use different database structures and run different products. Asteron's chief information officer, Bruce Weir recently told The Australian that his group alone was in the process of funnelling ...

Suncorp set to pay $7.9b for Promina

... in assets on behalf of eight million customers. The portfolio of financial brands under the one roof include AAMI, GIO, Asteron, Guardian Financial Planning and Tyndall. "If approved, this transaction will create a leading customer focused diversified ...

ING OneCare minds the insurance gap

... the planner networks that have strongly advocated life insurance and offers ING OneCare as well as packages from Aviva, Asteron, AXA and Zurich to their clients. "Most of us work hard to build successful futures, but we do not always stop to think 'what ...

Suncorp bids for Promina and a national footprint

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
Shares in Promina Group, parent of Tyndall and Asteron, have rocketed ahead on news that giant Queenslander Suncorp has made a billion dollar play for the business in a move that would see Suncorp extend its formidable sunshine state presence across ...

Asteron ramps up insurance and income protection

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
Asteron has ramped up its life insurance and income protection offerings to try to remedy a significant shortfall in income protection for small business owners and self-employed workers. The move is in response to research conducted by Rice Walker ...

Asteron adds to Wealthstar investment menu

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
Asteron has announced the addition of six new investment options to its Wealthstar suite of products. Asteron said that the new options will give advisers and their clients more choice while still maintaining the simplicity of the investment menu. The ...

Asteron launches income product for 80s and over

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Promina Group's financial services business Asteron yesterday launched an income stream product aimed at those 80 and over, designed to kick in when retirement savings start to dwindle. Designed to complement the pension, the Asteron Longevity Income ...

Budget reforms exacerbate risks for Gen L: Asteron

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Financial planning group Asteron is commissioning a study on what it says is the biggest gap in the recent Budget - how Gen-L who are already in retirement will outlive their superannutaion savings. Asteron head of technical services sales and marketing ...