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New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The insurance industry could soon face a price shake-up as the Institute of Actuaries of Australia gears up to launch a new set of life tables aimed at providing price benchmarks to insurers. The institute has been collating information from major life ...

US pension funds boost mortgages

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The $146 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has pumped $564 million into Fannie Mae mortgages in New York to help stabilise mortgage lending in the state. According to a press statement by state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the $564 million ...

Credit Suisse to focus on alternatives and EM

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Credit Suisse Investments Australia (Credit Suisse) will focus on alternative investments and emerging markets after it sold the bulk of its fund offerings - credit and property portfolios worth $1.8 billion - to fund manager Challenger. While Credit ...

Challenger buys Credit Suisse funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Challenger Financial Services Group has bought Credit Suisse Investments Australia, in a deal which will add nearly $1.8 billion to Challenger's FUM and broaden Challenger's footprint in the credit sector. As part of the deal, Challenger snapped up ...

INGIM senior portfolio manager resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Ron Mehmet, senior portfolio manager within the multi-manager team of ING Investment Management has resigned from his post, leaving the company next month after 12 years to join another funds management firm. Mehmet, who leaves the firm on 25 June ...

Maritime looks beyond life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Maritime Super is joining the growing number of funds expanding their insurance offerings, and is looking to offer health, car, home and travel insurance. According to a statement by the fund, Maritime Super is teaming up with Superannuation Insurances ...

BT and Westpac plan integrated CMA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
BT Financial Group is planning to launch an integrated cash management account with Westpac, creating a new player in the highly-competitive cash management sector. Speaking at an adviser briefing this morning, Chris Freeman, head of BT Wrap, said the ...

Gunns freezes MIS offerings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Gunns Limited, which owns the Responsible Entity of several Great Southern schemes, flagged it will not be making any MIS offers this financial year. Gunns Limited owns Gunns Plantations - the responsible entity for the 1998 - 2006 Great Southern pulpwood ...

BT dominates platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
BT Financial Group received 1 in every 4 dollars invested in platforms during the half year to March 31 - a strong performance that contributed to Westpac's profit results for the period. In the half year, BT Financial Group maintained its number one ...

New chairman for AvSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
The $1 billion-plus AvSuper has appointed Tom Grant as its new chairman, following the retirement of long serving chairman, David Leggo. According to a press statement, Grant took up his new post at the start of this month. He's been a director of the ...