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St George appoints margin lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
St George Group has appointed David Curry to general manager of margin lending. Curry was previously St George head of payment solutions and held positions at Westpac, Rothchilds Australia Asset Management and Ernst & Young before joining the bank three ...

Coin downsizes software for advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Coin Software has developed Risk Lite, a condensed version of Coin Office that allows risk writers to manage all client data and recommend a product faster. Using Risk Lite the risk writer can identify each client's specific insurance requirements and ...

ING PEAL cashes in on private equity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
ING Private Equity Access Limited (ING PEAL) has sold its entire or part investment at or above the valuation price in a number of companies across three of its underlying funds. Established in 2004, ING PEAL developed a listed multi manager private ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... March share price index contract was 12 points lower at 5103 with 66,896 crontacts traded. Austock senior client advisor Michael Heffernan said investors would be happy today after yesterday's $27 billion rout, as markets turned a summersault boosted ...

Douglas to head van Eyk investment research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Investment research firm, van Eyk, has promoted eight-year veteran of the firm, Nigel Douglas, to head of investment research. In this position, Douglas will direct van Eyk's fund manager research team and provide asset allocation advice to Blueprint ...

MTAA awards $450m quant mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
MTAA Super has awarded a $450 million mandate to BlackRock Investment Management to run a quantitative, tax-aware Australian equities portfolio. Maurice O'Shannassy, BlackRock managing director, said a tax-conscious portfolio could make a substantial ...

BT Financial scraps opt-out cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
BT Financial Group has withdrawn its planned integration of an 'opt-out' insurance cover across its corporate and personal super products after negative member feedback. The Base Cover insurance was scheduled to be included across the firm's super products ...

SELECT expands senior team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
Select Asset Management (SELECT) has appointed Andrew Fairweather to head of corporate development and Jonas Daly to institutional investment specialist. Brendan Foley, SELECT managing director, said Fairweather is in the process of completing his role ...

Macq expands Qld broking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
Macquarie Private Wealth has boosted its stockbroking capacity in Queensland after signing five brokers to its team. Nathan Smith, Stephen Morgan, Shayne Gilbert, Nicholas Kerr and Matt Hinrichsen have all been appointed private client advisers within ...

MTAA boosts insurance cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... arrangements, MTAA Super and MetLife have worked toward addressing the underinsurance problem that pervades the industry," said Michael Delaney, MTAA Super principal executive officer. "Unfortunately most members do not take positive action to ensure ...