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New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... CSC is the first Australian-owned CRA to obtain an Australian Financial Services License to provide credit ratings. The company joins the ranks of Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, as CRAs licensed by ASIC. CSC general manager ...

MLC appoints head of onsale advice product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
MLC Insurance has appointed former Allianz Life executive, Meredith Barnes, to the role of head of onsale advice product. Barnes will be responsible for ensuring the MLC Personal Protection Portfolio and the Aviva Protection First insurance product ...

New website for Macquarie advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Macquarie Adviser Services has launched a new adviser website as part of a tech initiative for intermediaries to help them improve their business. The head of Macquarie Adviser Services, Tony Graham, said the portal was part of a staged program to provide ...

BUSS(Q) hires advice and contributions manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Queensland fund BUSS(Q) has hired Damien Simonfi and David Southwood to fill two newly created positions of financial advice manager and contributions arrears manager. BUSS(Q) has appointed Southwood as financial advice manager. Southwood will focus ...

Ready, steady, communicate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Members don't care about super until close to retirement - myth or fact? According to ESI Super, it is a myth as increasingly financially literate members look to their super funds as "partners" before, during, and after retirement. The $2.8 billion ...

Pillar chooses decimal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Superannuation fund administrator Pillar Administration has contracted decimal to supply a single-issue advice software solution to service its super fund clients and members. When implemented, Pillar's clients will be able to access single issue advice ...

Credit Suisse wins Mercer mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Credit Suisse has won an insurance-linked strategies mandate for $100 million from the Mercer multi-manager funds. Credit Suisse head of insurance linked strategies, Niklaus Hilti, said the firm had formed this partnership with Mercer's multi-manager ...

BNP Asia Pac transition complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... 250 portfolios, over 15,000 securities and almost $30 billion in assets have been successfully migrated. Speaking of his company's experience, Peter Sipek, head of operations, AMP Capital Investors Limited said, "AMP Capital undertook due diligence on ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... corporate governance provisions were key. "Do have confidence in long-term shareholders to act like the owners of the company - to improve boards, and performance." "Don't be fearful that the legislation will lead to an SEC proxy access proposal that ...

Solaris adds to team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Solaris Investment Management adds another member to its dealing team after promoting two senior executives. Michael Bell, currently the fund's head of dealing and High Alpha Product Specialist, will take on an analyst/portfolio manager role starting ...