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Rice Warner adds to team

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
Rice Warner Actuaries has added a new principal to its group through the appointment of a former senior AMP actuary and manager. Richard Weatherhead, formerly AMP head of actuarial risk products and development, has joined the newly separated and renamed ...

SERF awards MLIM $85m portable alpha mandate

The $1.5 billion Stevedoring Employees Retirement Fund (SERF) has awarded Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) an $85 million institutional mandate to invest in a portable alpha strategy with a twist. Under the mandate, MLIM's US based portable ...

Praemium to access UK's wealthiest through Lloyd's

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium will provide services to the UK's wealthiest private investors through a new distribution deal signed with Argenta Private Capital. Praemium has appointed UK based Lloyd's adviser Argenta to distribute ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
The release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment yesterday heralded the arrival of forces opposing those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest ...

Super changes drive up bottom line: Rice Walker

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
Rice Walker Actuaries believes that recent proposed changes to the superannuation industry being pushed through by the Howard Government will drive accumulated assets up 16 per cent above previous estimates by the year 2020. Speaking at a seminar at ...

Migrating a UK pension easier with good advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The UK is still our biggest source of inward migration, yet many UK migrants still need help sorting out how to transition their UK pensions into Australia. Making this transition complex, however, is that the UK can have eight different types of pension ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker despite a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0753 AEST, the September share price index contract was down seven points to 4954. Today, Wesfarmers, Boral and Cochlear will release ...

Changes to sales team as Skandia shifts focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Skandia has announced the appointment a new national sales manager as former sales and marketing director, Richard Borysiewicz, departs, as well as unveiling a strategic shift in separating its sales and marketing functions and focusing its business ...

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open lower on a weak lead from Wall St. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEST, the September share price index contract was down seven points to 4,895. Today, Leighton Holdings, Bendigo Bank and United Group will ...