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London exchange signs deal with FactSet

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The London Stock Exchange has commenced a joint venture with tech firm FactSet Research Systems. The deal will see the exchange deliver FactSet's reference data via UnaVista, a web-based platform that provides validation, matching and reconciliation ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
MLC has changed the way it manages debt securities in the MLC Horizon portfolios and its Diversified Debt fund, with eight investment managers winning new mandates but Bridgewater and BlackRock dropped from the line up. The new line up means MLC will ...

Tower exec joins Macquarie Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Macquarie Life has appointed former Tower manager Dave Evans as national key account manager. Evans will be responsible for maintaining and developing alliances and dealer relationships across Australia. Evans has more than 19 years experience in the ...

Life insurance consolidation could hurt consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Australians will suffer the price of higher margin products and limited product innovation if the life insurance market continues to consolidate, warns Tower Australia. Jim Minto, managing director of Tower Australia, urged the government and Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
The Australian share market received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and commodities and metals prices firmer. At 0815 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was up 40 points at ...

Tower hires former AIA exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
TOWER Australia has appointed former AIA executive Niall McConville as national dealership manager. He will join TOWER Australia in May and initially work out of the Melbourne offices with plans to relocate to Sydney at a later date. McConville joins ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Towers Watson is set to design longevity strategies that best suit super funds and insurers - ahead of the three million Australian baby boomers expected to retire over the next 20 years. Towers Watson (the former Watson Wyatt Australia merging with ...

Rohan heads AustralianSuper account

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
TOWER Australia has appointed Paul Rohan as the head of the AustralianSuper Insurance Account. Rohan will be working with AustralianSuper to bring Tower's insurance arrangements to fund members. He has experience working with industry funds, master ...

Tower pursues more insurance mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Tower will aggressively tender for more mandates next year as the firm forecasts further super fund consolidation and insurance reviews to come, said Geoff Black, chief executive of group life and investments. Tower's $600 million deal with AustralianSuper ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Around one third of advisers who use CommInsure and Zurich as their primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five ...