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NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
National Australia Bank has reached binding terms with French company AXA and AXA Asia Pacific to buy the firms' Australian and New Zealand businesses for $4.6 billion. According to a press statement released yesterday, the deal includes a proposal ...

Can an outsider transform ipac financial planning?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Can a top travel executive help lead a $5.5 billion financial planning business? That's the question advisers asked when financial planning group ipac appointed former American Express executive, Libby Roy, as the new head of its advice arm. Roy will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market has received positive leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher, metals prices stronger and oil prices firmer. At 0720 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 16 points ...

Swanson heads MMC Contrarian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
CommInsure veteran Simon Swanson has been appointed chief executive of MMC Contrarian, which recently agreed to buy ClearView Retirement Solutions and MBF Life from Bupa Australia. Swanson, who announced his retirement from CommInsure mid last year ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
The Australian share market had advanced over 0.6 per cent by noon following a firm lead from Wall Street and gains made by the seven largest local stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 35.4 points, or 0.73 per cent, at 4,865.6 ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
America is zeroing in on China's weapon of mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South ...

Planners open up to Hamilton Securities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Planners are increasingly in talks with Hamilton Securities, the firm making a takeover bid for debentures of the Timbercorp Orchard Trust - but the question on many planners' minds is what the firm will do with the debentures should they win the bid. ...

ASX appoints deputy CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange has appointed Peter Hiom as deputy chief executive, and restructured the group executive responsibilities within ASX. In a statement listed on the exchange, the group announced Peter Hiom will assume the role of deputy ...

Super funds to gain better risk management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Super funds could soon gain far more detail on fund manager performance after the launch of a new middle office platform from IT outfit DST Global Solutions. Steve McGovern, global head of the middle office platform at DST Global Solutions, said the ...