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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... over the next decade," Weidmann - who also sits on the European Central Bank's governing council - told the Wall Street Journal. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a rebound on Wall Street settled nerves after a two-day sell-off sparked by weak ...

Zurich appoints chief underwriting officer

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
Zurich has appointed an insurance veteran to the role of chief underwriting officer. Hong Kong-based Philip Anderson, currently Zurich's head of protection business development for Asia Pacific and the Middle East (APME), returns to Australia to take ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013

2013 FICAP RockStar crowned

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Trent McArdle from ANZ was crowned the 2013 FICAP RockStar at the annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar event' held Upstairs at the Beresford last night. His rendition of 'Kryptonite' by 3 Doors Down won him the Perpetual Best Male Artist Award as well ...

FICAP Rockstars gear up for tonight's fundraising

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Tonight the financial services industry will crown a new FICAP RockStar at the annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar event'. The competition will be fierce with 12 RockStar hopefuls trying to win over the judges and the finance industry crowd, while raising ...

Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... GFC, only a small proportion of fund members changed their investments. A research paper just published in the Australian Journal of Management, titled 'Retirement savings investment choices in resposne to the global financial crisis: Australian evidence' ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
Australian income investors are receiving annual returns almost 3% lower than anticipated from their income generating products, according to a new global survey from Legg Mason Global Asset Management. The findings come from a survey of more than 3,000 ...

Macquarie to compensate Storm investors in $82.5m deal

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Macquarie Group Limited last week announced that it has reached an agreement to settle proceedings brought against it by investors advised by Storm Financial and who had Macquarie margin loan facilities. The settlement, an amount of $82.5 million including ...

Voting opens for the 2013 Rainmaker Excellence Awards

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
A record number of nominations have been received for the 2013 Rainmaker Excellence Awards. Voting opens today. Among the awards to be handed out are Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Superannuation), Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Investment Management) ...

APRA approves LUCRF MySuper

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
LUCRF Super has been authorised by APRA to offer a MySuper product. "LUCRF is pleased to obtain authorisation to offer a MySuper product early in the process. It means we can now communicate with our members and partnering employers well before MySuper ...