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Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
It's them, not us! This is the not so subtle message Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney delivered at his opening remarks following the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report last night. But of course, being the astute central banker ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
More than 50 investors from eight countries have invested in AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II), which completed its final close, raising US$1.1 billion during its fundraising period. Investors came from countries including the US, the ...

Astarra director banned, loses AAT appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has backed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) decision to permanently ban former Astarra director Eugene Liu from providing financial services. AAT senior member Jan Redfern said: "there ...

Asteron ends business relations with 134 rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has stopped distributing its products among 134 rogue advisers last year, executive general manager Jordan Hawke confirmed. "Asteron Life identified 134 advisers last year that actively eroded significant amounts of value out of our business," ...

Link acquires proxy solicitation firm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... solicitation firm, after an agreement was reached with its North American partner, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST). Link and AST, both majority owned by funds managed by Pacific Equity Partners, have entered into a cooperation agreement ...

Asteron appoints Queensland state manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Asteron Life has appointed a former manager from Colonial First State as Queensland state manager. Andrew Howse starts on his new role today and will be reporting to Asteron Life executive manager Mark Vilo. Howse will be responsible for the business' ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
BT has made two additions to the executive team of its insurance business, one from MLC and one from Suncorp Life. Former MLC national insurance manager Russell Hannah is BT's new regional manager for New South Wales and the ACT. He will lead the business ...

AFA presents Excellence in Education award

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Peter O'Callaghan of MSI Taylor Wealth Management has won the 2014 AFA Excellence in Education Award, presented at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference in Cairns today. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Asteron Life presented the award ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street endured its third straight day of losses. At 0807 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,373. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday ...

Guardian and Asteron help launch pro bono adviser service

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Guardian Advice and Asteron Life have joined together with a network of financial advisers to launch Claims Aid, a service to provide pro-bono claims assistance on life and disability policies. Peter Kaleta, a principal adviser at Life Shield and founder ...