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Chief exec resigns from AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Michael Bargholz, chief executive of AllianceBernstein Australia, announced his resignation from the firm, also stepping down from his role as director at the Financial Services Council. Bargholz has been with AllianceBernstein Australia (ABAL) for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... price index futures contract was 106 points higher at 4,483 points, with 28,634 contracts traded. CMC Markets analyst Michael McCarthy said shares had opened higher earlier on suspicions a deal was close to being reached, and once confirmed, share prices ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... overnight trade, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the US debt stalemate had local investors jittery. "It's a movement that is completely anticipated given ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... futures contract was 34 points higher at 4,568, with 17,794 contracts traded. Austock Securities senior client advisor Michael Heffernan said the market had been bolstered by gains made on Wall St after Eurozone leaders brokered a new agreement on shoring ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... said, although it was not clear whether he may have been speaking tongue-in-cheek. University of Sydney tax law professor Michael Dirkis said interstate mergers can indeed trigger stamp duty events. "It's a disposal and reacquisition of the asset by ...

VicSuper upgrades with AXA insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... of group insurance, AXA. Members will also receive an introduction to default income protection cover, something which Michael Dundon, chief executive, VicSuper, said was the fund's way of addressing their members underinsurance problems. "Income is ...

Call for self-funded retirees inclusion

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... family, a single self-funded retiree on $51,000 is deemed wealthy enough to resist the price impacts of a carbon tax," said Michael O'Neill, chief executive, National Seniors Australia. According to O'Neill, the income cut-off has not been increased ...

Consolidated super corporation appoints board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... CSC." The board will comprise of five employer directors with Mr Tony Cole, Mr Gabriel Szondy, Ms Peggy Haines and Dr Michael Vertigan AC already appointed and the remaining employer director to be announced soon. Member directors appointed to the board ...

MLC names three AXA converts

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... competition for talent between the two heavyweights. Formerly with AXA, MLC & NAB Wealth has attracted Paul Stratton, Michael Tobin and Remi Bouchenez to its retirement solutions team. Stratten was head of platform development for AXA North, now moving ...

Life insurance gap down 33pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... insurance by financial advisers and superannuation fund trustees as well as the growing direct life insurance market," said Michael Rice, managing director and Head of Strategy of Rice Warner Actuaries. Rice Warner did caution that Australians are still ...