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Bank branches finally start to sell wealth product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
After years of trying, bank branches are finally starting to successfully sell wealth management products and improve their cross-sell rates. Westpac reported that the number of bank-originated home loan customers taking out home and contents insurance ...

Grange announces new chairman and directors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
Grange Securities, part of the Lehman Brothers group, has announced the appointment of a new chairman and two new directors to the board of its Melbourne funds management business Grange Asset Management. Current deputy chairman of Australian Wealth ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

The demand for inflation-linked bonds and their derivatives is set to rise in tandem with the growing popularity of liability driven investing (LDI) in Australia and overseas, according to experts. As the name suggests, LDI is a form of investment strategy ...

Trauma insurance to expand

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
The ageing population and changing morbidity patterns will promote greater need for trauma insurance rather than traditional TPD cover, and unless group insurers respond they will miss out on a big product development opportunity. "People are living ...

AXA appoints GM financial protection

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
AXA Australia has announced a general manager of financial protection to grow the financial protection business to a market leading position on the back of a new strategy. Michael Rogers has been with AXA since 1999, including four years as AXA Australia's ...

Global pension fund assets hit A$30 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... more than doubled over the past decade to reach A$30 trillion, according to Watson Wyatt's Global Pension Assets Study. Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, said, "This growth is a relief for countries needing to mitigate ...

Energy field nationalism to impact investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... spreading with Kuwait, Algeria, Dubai, Angola, Ecuador, Sudan, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan threatening similar moves. Roger Donnelly, EFIC chief economist, said, "None of these developments are good news for international oil companies (IOCs). They ...

Access all asset classes: Vanguard

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... financial services are major contributors to the Australian index and would continue to underpin the index's climb north, Roger McIntosh, Vanguard principal and head of global equities, said it was quite understandable that they should continue to drive ...

Tyndall's new fixed interest strategy sees Gustafson exit

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... Tyndall has announced a new fixed interest strategy that will see it focusing on debt based products as well as promoting Roger Bridges to a new role as head of bonds while current executive bond manager, Ross Gustafson, departs. Executive director ...

Two key roles filled for ipac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
AXA-owned ipac has announced the appointment of a new head of ipac investment services and a new chief investment officer to fill the shoes left by outgoing senior executives as it lays the foundations for growth into the latter part of the decade. ...