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ING boosts life risk team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
ING Australia has appointed three senior manager positions in claims, operations and underwriting within its life risk division. Emlyn Pugh has been appointed national claims manager, Michael Williams as national operations manager and Jeff Gourlie ...

Click rates rise at ESI Super website

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
More members are flocking to ESI Super's website compared with two years ago - some reportedly visited the website 200 times in one year due to uncertainty around super legislation. A recent survey found that financial awareness and potential changes ...

Aberdeen appoints Aust eq manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Robert Penaloza as senior investment manager in its Australian equities team. Penaloza's appointment marks his return to Australia after a 13-year absence, during which time he worked in Aberdeen's Asian offices ...

Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Optimix has given Hyperion Asset Management a $300 million Australian equities investment mandate following a review of its manager lineup. Hyperion's appointment comes after Optimix reviewed the strategies of its Australian equities specialist investment ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
BNY Mellon Asset Management has appointed Andrew Phillips as director of institutional business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Prior to joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia ...

Accounting bodies launch SMSF learning tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... improve their understanding of their obligations. The Self Managed Superannuation Fund Trustee Education Program follows the release of Competency Requirements for Auditors of SMSFs which was adopted by all members of the JAB in 2008. The SMSF trustee ...

PGI appoints CEO for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Principal Global Investors has appointed former Fitch Ratings chief, Andrea Muller, as managing director for Asia-ex Japan and chief executive of PGI East Asia. Effective March 30, 2010, she will be responsible for activities in the region including ...

Macquarie launches lifetime income product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Macquarie has joined the growing number of product providers offering longevity products with the launch of the Macquarie Lifetime Income Guarantee Policy. Macquarie Funds Group launched the product which gives investors a guaranteed minimum level of ...

SSgA appoints equities head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
State Street Global has appointed Marc Reinganum as head of its active developed market equities team. Based in Boston, Reinganum is responsible for all aspects of active management within the global developed market equity portfolios, and reports to ...

BOQ buys St Andrews insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Bank of Queensland has bought St Andrew's Insurance from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The deal means Bank of Queensland to buy the consumer credit insurance and life insurance products that St Andrews distributes. St Andrew's has a annual gross ...