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Premium and business growth up: TOWER

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
TOWER Australia continues to grow its insurance business posting growth in its in-force premium and new business revenues during the financial year. The insurer's inforce premiums, representing premiums on all policies that have not expired or been ...

Northern Trust upgrades consultant service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
Northern Trust enhanced the reporting capabilities of its web portal service for asset consultants. The Passport's homepage has been designed to ensure all client information is at the fingertips of asset consultants. The interface is available at all ...

AXA ramps up group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
AXA Australia group insurance clients are set to benefit from a raft of enhancements across definitions, cover limits and technological capabilities. As a result of the improvements, AXA's maternity and paternity leave cover was improved to provide ...

BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
BlackRock Investment Management announced a round of redundancies in its property, A-REIT and marketing teams. The 10 redundancies are the result of changes to the firm's Australian property team, A-REIT and marketing teams, all other investment teams ...

Linear launches enhanced MA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
Linear Financial has launched its version of the managed account that can invest across a range of asset classes at a low cost. The Melbourne based firm launched the Linear Managed Account (LMA) after the firm released a separately managed account (SMA) ...

Snowball FUA grows $700m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Snowball Group's unwavering appetite for merger and acquisition activity remains consistent despite bad market conditions, adding $700 million in funds under advice in the past financial year alone. At yesterday's annual general meeting, Snowball managing ...

Hyperion appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Hyperion Asset Management has appointed Deborah Beale as chair and added another board member to the fold. Beale replaces Ian Macoun as chair who remains on the board as an executive director. Beale previously served on the board as an independent director ...

AUI and DirectPortfolio adopt AML service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) and DirectPortfolio adopted OneVue's anti-money laundering (AML) reporting and record keeping service. AML Explorer can be downloaded online and presents the AML legislation in a simple format that allows users to ...

BTIM remodels AQR mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has altered its international equities mandate with AQR Capital Management, dropping the fund manager's currency and country selection strategies. AQR historically provided active returns across currency management, country ...

ASX firms more carbon clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
VicSuper's carbon report card found the number of Australian listed companies publicly and adequately detailing their carbon footprint rose five per cent to 30 per cent in a year. The VicSuper Carbon Count 2008 found the quality of carbon reporting ...