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Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Around one third of advisers who use CommInsure and Zurich as their primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five ...

Gonzalez move a win-win: analyst

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
One of Perpetual's longest serving executives, Emilio Gonzalez, is to take the helm at BT Investment Management, a high profile recruitment that is a coup for BT but could also set the stage for fresh changes at Perpetual, said an analyst. Emilio Gonzalez ...

Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam and his New York-based hedge fund advisory firm, Galleon Management, has been charged for insider trading that allegedly saw him pocket over $27 million in illicit gains. The US Securities and Exchange Commission, which laid ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Life insurer Asteron spearheads a new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Advisers have been let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource ...

Astarra reaches $1 billion milestone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Fund manager Astarra Asset Management has reached its $1 billion in funds under management milestone. In a press statement, Sydney-based Astarra attributed the growth of the firm to financial advisers outsourcing their asset management business to Astarra ...

FTSE4Good deletes 15 from series

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
The FTSE4Good index series review resulted in 15 companies mostly based in Japan and the US being deleted from the series typically for failing to meet human and labour rights and environmental criteria. Japan-based companies Canon, Ibiden, Koito Manufacturing ...

PPM opens fund to more Australians

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Boutique investment manager Private Portfolio Managers (PPM) is opening its doors to more investors through the PPM York Super Fund. PPM currently offers tailored individually managed accounts (IMA) investment strategies to investors looking to invest ...

Asteron expands sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Stewart Pender and Jarrad Wilson have been appointed sales development consultants at Asteron. Pender comes from a background in financial services recruitment, specialising in financial planning. In his new role Pender will be working in partnership ...

ING appoints life risk sales BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
ING Australia appointed Gerard Hayes as business development manager - life risk in Western Australia. Hayes has more then a decade of financial services experience, joining ING Australia from ITC where he worked as a regional sales manager for Western ...