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AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
AXA has entered the Romanian life insurance market by purchasing Omniasig Life, which represents $18 million in premiums. Launched in 1997, Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is ...

AvSuper appoints NAB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Canberra based superannuation fund, AvSuper Fund has reappointed NAB as its provider of master custody and investment reporting services. NAB's asset servicing division has supported AvSuper's custody requirements since 1998. NAB's reappointment follows ...

Standard Life fined $4m for bad marketing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
The UK financial services regulator has fined Standard Life Assurance more than $4 million for releasing misleading marketing information that resulted in approximately 98,000 people believing they were invested in pure cash assets. The Financial Services ...

DKN buys BMG stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
DKN Financial Group has bought a 32 per cent stake in BMG Partners and BMG Financial Planning, a long-term Lonsdale Financial Group associate. This is the first equity investment made by DKN in a Lonsdale practice since the merger of DKN and Lonsdale ...

Manion leaves ipac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Sally Manion, head of ipac Financial Planning is leaving the firm next month while an executive search is underway for a new general manager ipac Financial Planning. In an email to ipac's equity partners, Neil Swindells, ipac chief executive, said Manion ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Macquarie Global Investments has teamed up with the UK's Winton Capital Management to cater for advisers looking for new options in capital protection products. MGI launched the Winton Global Opportunities Trust 2 today, a product that gives investors ...

Zurich hires former AIG exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former AIG UK executive, Shane Doyle, as general manager of general insurance after Andrew Barrowman announced he is stepping down from the role. Doyle previously worked at AIG for 15 years across a ...

Credit Suisse appoints Aussie for asset management

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Australian, Neil Harvey, has returned to Credit Suisse as managing director and head of Asia Pacific and head of emerging markets global for its asset management business after a stint in a number of other Asia Pacific firms. Harvey comes back to Credit ...

Clearview technical manager jumps to FPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
The Financial Planning Association has appointed former Clearview technical services manager Dante De Gori as general manager policy and government relations. FPA chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, said De Gori has participated in numerous FPA Committees ...

Computershare boosts data protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Computershare has hired Symantec to ensure the company's extensive share registry is protected from data loss. The Australian-based corporate administration services provider implemented the Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution worldwide to protect ...