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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... also for May. In company news, DuluxGroup Ltd will list on the Australian Securities Exchange at 1100 AEST after its separation from chemicals maker Orica. White Energy Company Ltd, ECSI Ltd and Hazelwood Resources Ltd hold general meetings. On Friday ...

Finsia launches fin services credential

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... proposed regulatory reforms including a fiduciary duty for financial planners. "It will look at fiduciary duty and the separation between advice and products. We need to restore public confidence in the advice space," he said. Finsia has launched the ...

AMP upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... firm's trauma policy has been redesigned to provide more flexible benefit options and choice of coverage, including the separation of full and partial benefits. These enhancements will be launched to advisers during a series of nationwide roadshows.

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... last year as a result of the global financial crisis. The bank announced a "Back to Basics" program that outlined a separation between the banking and insurance businesses, which resulted in the parent company selling their Australian and New Zealand ...

No let up in ING asset sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... this pruning down of ING to its core is their "Back to Basics" program, announced last month, which resulted in the separation of its banking and insurance operations. Explaining the decision to split, Jan Hommen, ING chief executive officer, said the ...

AMP FP to move to fee-for-service by June 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... financial planning business move to a fee-for-service model by June 2010. This means there would be explicit pricing and a separation of advice fees from AMP products. "For a consumer, it will mean that when they sit down to do business with an AMP financial ...

RE model should be reviewed: PIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... perspective. In the old days when we had trustees, this would never have happened because the trustee would have a complete separation from the parent company," said Evans. This model was altered and the RE structure put in place, which resulted in a ...

AIA arises from AIG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... subsidiaries across the Australasian region. A statement from AIA said the new brand is symbolic of the group's future separation from AIG and evokes its heritage as a truly pan-Asian insurer. Paul Carson, AIA Australia deputy managing director, said ...

AIG Hong Kong begins rebrand strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... strategy, a move expected to involve subsidiaries across the region. The objective of the rebrand is to demonstrate separation from AIG in the US and is the most extensive repositioning for the company since 1955, said AIA Hong Kong in a statement. "This ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... however due to long-established protections locked-in by Australian regulatory and statutory fund requirements. The separation of American International Assurance (AIA) isolates the subsidiaries, including AIG Australian operations, from the contamination ...