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AIA Australia expands with 13 hires

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... manager, Tom Gordon and three underwriting development consultants, Tim Barnes, Garry Pellant and Warren Page. AIA said it also plans to recruit a new head of dealerships in order to boost the support provided to these important partnerships after the ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... an unwelcome necessity," said Philip Galagher, head of wealth management at wealth provider Equity Trustees. "Retirement plans therefore need to both provide income for the type of active retirement sought, as well as the potential need for a capital ...

Estate planning specialist joins Equity Trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... services at EQT at a time when there is an increasing demand from clients of financial advisers for sophisticated and tailored plans. "As babyboomers reach retirement age, there is an increasing number of people recognising the need to start planning ...

GMO shuts Aus equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... the end of 2010 and $4.14bn in December 2009. GMO has Australian equities mandates for a number of local superannuation plans, including State Super ($790 million) and Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust ($113 million), according to ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... sovereign wealth funds with activity among endowment and foundations common. "We are starting to see more action from corporate plans, especially where the corporations themselves have made the move to embed sustainability in the business model. "Looking ...

WealthSure selects OneVue UMA platform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Darren Pawski, group chief executive of WealthSure named platform capabilities as the primary reason for selection, given plans to introduce protected and model portfolio products. "The OneVue UMA platform can administer more products than most, which ...

Towers Watson leverages Deloitte talent for exec pay unit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Watson unit will offer advice on board and executive pay, governance, regulatory compliance, Australian and global share plans, M&A reward and HR due diligence and broad-based rewards including pay reviews, compensation system design and market benchmarking. ...

NY family office compared to hedge fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... quantitative equity funds investing in the Russell 2000 index and European stocks, according to the report. Bronson additionally plans to bring on portfolio managers to trade commodities using their own strategies backed by capital raised by the Fairhills ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... cent drop following the announcement its profit had slumped and its release of a new strategy involving increased staff and plans to chase online sales. The department store chain on Thursday was a further eight cents, or 3.29 per cent, down at $2.35. ...

ASIC, FPA, and FOS address shadow shopper report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... shop research on financial advice. The report, due to be released later this month, contains results from 64 retirement plans, where a tiny 3% of plans were deemed "good" by ASIC while 36% were marked as "poor". The remaining 61% were graded as "adequate" ...