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Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Life insurance risk inflows increased by more than 10% in 2011, with new premium sales up 17% as virtually all companies experienced growth in risk business, according to new figures from Plan for Life. The rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across ...

AMP appoints interim Multiport head

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
Multiport Managing Director and founder John McIlroy will leave the business in June this year with Libby Roy appointed as interim head. Roy was previously head of financial planning at ipac and will transition into the role in an interim capacity from ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
A new service has been launched into Australia to help trustees tailor default investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian ...

Platform FUM plummets by $16.5bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Platform funds under management nosedived $16.5bn over the year to December 2011, under pressure from volatile markets. The overall Masterfund market now sits at $411.3bn according to new data from Plan For Life, which was broken down into wraps, platforms ...

nabInvest names global head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
Rob Sullivan has been appointed global head of institutional distribution for nabInvest to develop strategies for global institutional investors. In his new role, Sullivan will report to Stewart Hancock, executive director investment solutions for nabInvest ...

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Outgoing QIC chief executive Doug McTaggart has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Suncorp Group board, along with Michael Cameron. Cameron is head of The GPT Group, with past roles including chief financial officer of St.George Bank ...

Intersuisse/ Austock securities buyout goes ahead

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Singapore- backed Intersuisse Holdings has successfully purchased the securities arm of the Austock Group after nearly two months of talks, resulting in a number of management changes. Austock Group chief executive and former head of Bank of America-Merill ...

Suncorp Life combines life risk, super and investments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
Suncorp Life has created a new product and services business unit by combining its life risk and superannuation and investments functions under one roof, which has also seen a reshuffle of management staff. Headed up by executive general manager Sean ...

Intersuisse pursue Austock Securities

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Talks are continuing between the Austock Group and Singapore backed Intersuisse Holdings over its planned buy out of Austock's securities arm. Intersuisse, which has offices in Sydney and Melbourne but is part owned by the Singapore based Philip Group ...

Butterworth to leave DKN

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Phil Butterworth, chief executive of financial service provider DKN, will leave the group this Friday just weeks after it successfully merged with IOOF. The merged group said Butterworth was leaving of his own accord to pursue new opportunities, his ...