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AIG Life adds to group team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
AIG Life appointed Craig Extrem as national manager, client markets - group insurance. He joins AIG Life from TOWER Australia where he worked as head of sales - group risk since April 2006. Extrem also worked at Prefsure, Lumley Life and Colonial in ...

Finance job market to recover by 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Contrary to the doom-and-gloom news on unemployment, nearly nine out of 10 employers in Sydney say financial services recruitment will start to rebound before mid next year, a new survey shows. Research by Morgan McKinley notes that almost nine out ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
Sometime ago, I quoted Camp Quality's - an Australian children's family cancer charity organization - TV ad, 'Don't underestimate the power of optimism'. Wall Street lived this statement overnight with both the S&P 500 and the Dow rising by more than ...

Bond funds top UK platform flows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Half the transactions through one of the largest platforms in the UK, Cofunds, flowed into corporate bond funds during this year's first quarter, according to the firm's latest report. According to the latest platform flows report from Cofunds, more ...

Not your average Clark Kent

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
He doesn't fly or fight villains, but guides members through the superannuation maze - meet Media Super's latest mascot, Super Hero. The latest "member" of the $2.5 billion Media Super team has been designed to help members understand their investment ...

MLC takes earnings hit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
NAB-owned wealth management arm MLC reduced its workforce by 5.4 per cent in the six months to March as bad markets and lower management fees took their toll on half-year earnings. In an ASX half-year statement released this morning, NAB announced that ...

AustChoice boosts tech for transparency

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
AustChoice, a platform distributed by DKN, has improved its online reporting and advanced search features. Austchoice, an AWM managed platform which is exclusively distributed by DKN, launched the enhancements to the adviser section of their website ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US and European stock markets ended last week with strong gains on promising economic data. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 43 points at 3,775. ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Mutual funds are beating their institutional counterparts with the former reporting almost 30 per cent less outflows during last year. According Callan Associates, institutional asset losses were "extensive" across 17 traditional equity and fixed income ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped on concerns about the level of bad loans held by banks following Bank of America's earnings report. Gold miners may gain after the precious metal advanced on Monday while ...