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AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Australian insurance and financial planning monolith. The proposal is part of a bigger deal where the parent group, AXA SA, plans to buy all of AXA AP's Asian businesses, bar the Australian and NZ businesses. Under the current bid, AMP wants to buy all ...

US finance firms announce emission cuts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
US-based banks and fund managers have outlined plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, including Wells Fargo, which this month announced plans to cut its emissions by 20 per cent in less than 10 years. As part of the US Environmental Protection ...

McCabe heads Coin as Jenkins resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... Tony Graham, head of product and technology at Macquarie Adviser Services. Jenkins tendered her resignation last week and plans to "look at other opportunities", said a Macquarie spokesperson. She will continue in her role at Coin until 20 November. ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... from soaring prices. Volatility and an uncertain outlook in the market led developer Excellence Real Estate Group to shelve plans for an initial public offering. The Hang Seng Index fell 408.01 points, or 1.84 per cent, to 21,761.58. WELLINGTON - The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... 150.16 points, or 1.45 per cent, to 10,212.46. HONG KONG - Property groups led a fall in Hong Kong on fears over government plans to rein in the soaring real-estate sector. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised the downpayment requirement on homes ...

ING to divest insurance and investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Dutch banking and insurance giant ING plans to dispose its insurance and investment businesses over the next four years to shore up its balance sheet and repay its government debt. In a company statement released overnight, the group revealed a massive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... against the US dollar. Toyota and Sony both rose, while Honda advanced after the Nikkei business daily reported the company plans to invest more than Y10 billion ($A117.64 million) to increase production capacity of motorcycles in Indonesia. The Nikkei-225 ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... money over decades, said the fund manager. The fund manager warned that whatever the new default model is going to be, any plans to simply keep pushing fund fees down is a misdirected exercise. "The real target should be proper alignment." And that's ...

Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... the major contributors to the recovery. According to a RBC Dexia Investor Services survey, which monitors Canadian pension plans and money managers totalling $318 billion, returned just over 7 per cent for the quarter ending in September. As result ...