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Nicholas-Applegate closes Australian offices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... service, sales and marketing responsibilities for the Australian market will be reallocated among Allianz Global Investors (AGI) Management Partners professionals in San Diego. "The decision was based upon how to best apply our resources," she said in ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors has introduced three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) covering telco, health and consumer brands to give investors the chance to tap "defensive" investment sectors. According to BGI-owned iShares, the new ETFs lets Australians ...

Banks to reprioritise IT spending

THESHEET.COM WITH ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Australian banks are expected to invest in key risk technologies to boost their defensive position over the next 12 months in response to the global credit crisis. IT expenditure will come under new scrutiny but the area is no longer regarded as an ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Skandia enhanced its platform to include online straight through processing (STP) group insurance, allowing advisers to easily and accurately provide the service without lots of paperwork. The system's STP tool allows advisers to track the status of ...

For those about to hit rock bottom, we salute you

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The real culprit behind the global credit crunch has been formally identified as not Dr Alan Greenspan but rock band AC/DC, after the UK Guardian newspaper revealed the world goes into recession every time the aging rockers go on tour. Sending world ...

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Members Equity Bank is to be subjected to a strategic review of its direction by its four largest industry fund shareholders. Melbourne consultants LEK have been contracted by AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Host Plus in the wake of three new board ...

Life insurance made easy: AIG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... acknowledged that underinsurance remains the bane of many insurers, and AIG's campaign is targeted towards customers who are existing AGI Life's Priority Protection policy holders looking to upgrade to a more "realistic" level of cover. "While the traditional ...

RM advisers break through 1000 barrier

There are now more than 1000 reverse mortgage consultants (RMCs) accredited through the Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) Australia-wide network of 'trusted advisors'. The jump in the numbers of RMCs is in response to ...

Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Advisers got dirty, sweaty and splattered with paintball shots at Synchron's Next Gen training course that yielded 14 new recruits to the firm's adviser base. "We've identified that younger advisers are a different creature in their training needs to ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Improving longevity means insurance will need to cover individuals while they are still alive - not when they die, delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual ...