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Zurich ramps up sales

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... in 2005. "Kris was a very strong candidate for the role& [she] has a great working knowledge of the Zurich Investment business and strong relationships within the team and with financial advisers," said Matthew Drennan, director of investments at Zurich ...

MFS seeks name change to GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... link with geography and land, which the company says makes up the foundation of the group's development and investment business. "This is a logical step for the group given it is financially independent from MFS Limited and is an important step in gaining ...

MetLife and Challenger finalise deal

... to transfer its annuity and pension business to Challenger, effective end of this month. "The sale of our investment business completes a major phase of our strategic re-positioning," said Tassin Barnard, MetLife's chief executive officer. "We've already ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Antares Capital Partners, a recently formed alternative investment business within the NAB Group, has teamed with Lodestar Capital Partners to launch a new absolute return fund. The Antares Lodestar Absolute Return Trust aims to deliver stable absolute ...

Investment Stewardship Awards to be launched at Melb Symposium

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... returns, but also good governance and innovative thinking and how they form part of a modern and responsible investment business." The Investment Stewardship Award will be different to normal industry awards that only focus on super funds and investment ...

Former MetLife MD to head up TOWER investments

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... August. TOWER group managing director, Jim Minto, said Pearce's role will cover responsibility for TOWER's investment business and added that the appointment rounded out TOWER's executive team ahead of what he flagged as a possible demerger of TOWER's ...

Schroders welcomes new CEO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... would allow him to grow the business from a strong track record. "Schroders has built a very strong domestic investment business over the last five years and our goal over the next five is to build on this with our solid international product range. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... price index was 14 points weaker at 5019. On the day David Jones will release its third quarter sales, while investment business Tower will reveal first half earnings. On the economics front the Australian Bureau of Statistics release March quarter house ...

Perpetual reports strong half-year net profit

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2005
Australian investment business Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd says it expected full year operating profit to grow about 25 per cent in 2004/05 after the company reported a strong rise in first half net profit. Perpetual reported a net profit of $66.836 ...

Tower to merge New Zealand businesses, seeks new CEO

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2004
Tower is to merge its New Zealand operations into a single organisation under one chief executive. In a statement to the stock exchange today, the company said Tower New Zealand Insurance & Operations, run by chief executive Paul Hunt, and Tower New ...