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AXA ramps up insurance for 115,000 clients

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
An extra 115,000 financial planner clients who use AXA insurance will be able to tap improved cover, following upgrades to the firm's financial protection products. AXA announced on Friday that upgrades towards life, trauma and TPD plans, along with ...

Super savings run out well before retirement: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... regulatory reforms. Analysis of the 2007 HILDA survey (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) by Professor Roger Wilkins from the Melbourne Institute's Faculty of Business and Economics, part of The University of Melbourne, shows that the ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
AXA Australia selected funds from Ankura Capital, Legg Mason, Epoch Investment Partners, Macquarie Investment Management and Goldman Sachs/JBWere as part of its new income portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities ...

Boutique small cap backer fills bank funding gap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... basis, which can be between three and five years. The firm was established five years ago by a number of executives including Roger Sharp, former managing director of ABN AMRO Bank, and Hynd, who previously worked across small cap investments at Ernst ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... the move could pose new problems for financial services providers that reconfigured their products around the guarantee. Roger Bridges, head of fixed income at Tyndall/Suncorp, said that the withdrawal of the Wholesale Guarantee will not affect the majors ...

VFMC underperforms across four asset classes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
VFMC has underperformed its benchmarks across Australian equities, private equity, property and inflation-linked bonds over 12-month period to December last year amid a series of reshuffles in senior management and tough investment markets. The investment ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... reduce the environmental impact of APG's real estate investments and improve financial return," she said in a statement. Roger Gray, chief investment officer at the $50 billion fund, Universities Superannuation Scheme, said that as long-term investors ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... careening into a frozen pond and fishtailing before steadying - except the car could still crash and is still on thin ice. Roger Bridges, head of fixed income at $10 billion-plus fund manager Tyndall/Suncorp, is the kind of bond manager you want on your ...

IMCA adds five new directors

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) has added five new members to its board. The new members are: Brett Elvish, founder and director of Financial Viewpoint; Gareth Abley, head of asset consulting at MLC Implemented Consulting; Greg ...