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Fund of LaSalle funds will cut fees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... the world and in the Asia Pacific alone we've got more than 100 people," said David Quirk, director, client services Australia. "There's basically a matrix of nine risk profiles and regions, and you can use those to tailor a solution to the risk profile ...

Zurich expands super and allocated pension menus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced six new investment options available for the Zurich Superannuation Plan and Allocated Pension. The six new investment options are the ING Wholesale Capital Stable Trust, the Perpetual Wholesale Balanced ...

TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... Baker & McKenzie. He is non-executive chairman of Axiom Energy and a director of Saipem Australia and Herzog Services Australia. The board of TOWER Australia Group now consists of Dr Keith Barton, chairman, Peter Lewinsky, Ralph Pliner, Gary Weiss, Mike ...

Zurich Australia appoints head of technical

Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former ING national technical manager, Jennifer Brookhouse, to the role of head of technical services. Barry Tomkinson, general manager of Zurich Australia's Investment Management and Life, said Brookhouse's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
The criticism raised yesterday by the Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) and the Salvation Army's Employment Plus that the structure of the Federal Government's job network in allocating more assistance to long-term unemployed was giving them ...

Multiport SMSF receives UK pension roll-over approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) rules for their SMSF offering. Earlier this week Zurich Financial Services Australia announced that its wrap services had been granted similar approval. The UK legislation holds that roll-overs from UK pension ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... financial officer for ZAIL between November 1999 and November 2001. On 25 May 2005 ZAIL and Zurich Financial Services Australia entered into an enforceable undertaking with APRA over their activities around two financial reinsurance transactions with ...

It's a wrap for UK pensions: Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced that its wrap services are all stamped as 'Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes' (QROPS) which will allow UK migrants to transfer their funds to Australia without heavy tax penalties. In April ...

Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Speaking at the Catholic Social Services Australia Conference on Wednesday, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer, Richard Gilbert, urged the not-for-profit sector to get more involved with industry to help underpin ...

Zurich appoints Denning Pryce to manage new income fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of a specialist derivatives manager for its new income fund. Denning Pryce, a Sydney based boutique manager specializing in listed equity and derivatives based funds management, has been ...