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Tower names chief underwriter, new mgr

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Tower Australia has appointed two new senior managers to its risk new business team. "It is our objective to change the experience for financial advisers in delivering life solutions to their customers," said Luke Banfield, head of customer service ...

Suncorp buoyed by super and investments

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Suncorp Life, which covers the company's life insurance, superannuation, investment and asset management businesses, contributed $222 million to the group's bottom line, almost a third of the parent's total earnings. On a relative basis, the division ...

Timing the market still a tough game: survey

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
The CMC Markets Share Trader Insight Survey for the six months to July 2010 found that the periods in which most investors decided to put extra cash into the market corresponded with peaks in the All Ordinaries Index, while many pulled out just before ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
The Australian sharemarket was one per cent lower at noon, as the unclear election result continued to weigh on the market. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 47.9 points, or 1.08 per cent, at 4,381.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Rising markets boost Perpetual's bottom line

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Perpetual Limited reported full year net profits after tax of $90.5 million in the year to June, representing a 140 per cent increase on last year's result, and well above the company's previously issued guidance. The company's Private Wealth division ...

Funds eye Yuan bond market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
China has long attracted interest from foreign equity managers but now fixed interest managers are keeping an eye on Yuan-denominated bond markets for fresh opportunities. For the plethora of global growth and Asian equity managers out there, exposure ...

CFS replaces 452 Capital with Integrity, CFSGAM

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Colonial First State Investments (CFS) has moved swiftly to replace 452 Capital with other managers following the shock departures of three senior executives, including the wife of co-founder and star fund manager Peter Morgan, from the boutique fund ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Challenger Financial Services has staged a strong profit recovery during the year, buoyed by a record performance from its annuities business and a 22 per cent rise in gross assets under management to almost $24 billion. The group reported results this ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... support from the institutional sector. Former politician and now chief executive of the Financial Services Council (FSC), John Brogden, said regardless of the election outcome, it's important investors didn't overreact to it. "We are keen to stress that ...

The man who broke the pound retires

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010