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Tyndall strengthens investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Tyndall AM continues to strengthen its investment team with the appointment of Vincent Lo Blanco to the newly created position of senior investment specialist - fixed income and alternatives. Lo Blanco joins Tyndall from Blackrock Australia where he ...

Suncorp and Bendigo jump on hybrid demand

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Listed insurance company Suncorp is one of the latest to tap into investor demand for high yields with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid offer this week. The insurance giant said that the money raised from the hybrids which are called Convertible ...

State Street appointed custodian for ING's Living Super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
ING DIRECT has appointed State Street Corporation as custodian and investment manager for its new controversial personal superannuation product, Living Super. The appointment follows ING DIRECT's recent launch of the product, which has ruffled some ...

Mortgage broker first offender under new law

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Sydney based mortgage broker, Daniel Nguyen has pleaded guilty to ten charges after he provided false information to banks to secure approvals for $3 million worth of home loans for his clients. The charges laid against Nguyen, 45, are the first to ...

Strong premium growth countered by claims costs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
While Australia's insurers have seen stronger growth in premiums, they have also seen insurance profits impacted by net claims and reinsurance costs during the last financial year, according to KPMG. KPMG's General Insurance Survey 2012 found that gross ...

NZ Superannuation Fund excludes four firms from portfolio

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded four companies from its $19 billion investment portfolio, following severe breaches of its responsible investment standards. The firms that were excluded from the fund's portfolio include Freeport-McMoRan ...

Goldman and JBWere extend partnership

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
JBWere is set to renew a three year agreement with Goldman Sachs this week, continuing the two firm's successful relationship. Following the merger of Goldman Sachs and JBWere in 2003, Goldman Sachs agreed to sell 80.1% of the JBWere business to National ...

Metlife appoints head of group pricing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
MetLife Insurance has named Adam Fusca as head of group pricing in Australia. Prior to his new role, he worked at Tal where he held the role as head of group insurance products and pricing. He is a qualified actuary, and has previously also held various ...

Premium adds new practice to dealer network

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Premium Wealth Management has made another addition to its dealer group network with Queensland-based Platinum Wealth Management joining its ranks and plans to continue to push for more firms to join its network. Premium's new addition brings the number ...

QE3 will be different

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
The Federal Reserve's new easing programme, know as QE3, could be different from the first two rounds due to a stronger global economy and improvements within the US housing market, Fidelity said. According to Core Logic the level of negative equity ...