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AIG expands insurance team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
Insurance giant AIG Life has appointed Geoffrey Grace and Sarah Dobell to its insurance team to drive the company's customer service focus. Grace returns to AIG Life after spending five years managing life operations at AXA Asia Pacific. "It's my job ...

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... proposals when it's clearly obscene and not in the shareholders' interests," he said. Illustrating this constructive role, Michael Anderson, fund manager at AMP Capital Investors, said even if they vote against a proposal they "In all cases write to ...

First State Super boosts insurance by two-thirds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... categories. The changes will particularly benefit members aged over 40, who make up a significant proportion of the membership. Michael Dwyer, First State Super's chief executive officer, said they made the improvements because insurance is fundamentally ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
Anyone needing more convincing that big super funds are evolving into investment managers should look at Telstra Super's deal to sign on with the Charles River Development portfolio management system. Established in 1990, Telstra Super has 90,000 members ...

ING Australia buys FSP Group

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
ING Australia becomes the third largest planning group in the country when it bought the FSP Group, adding a 145-adviser network with over $2.5 billion FUA to the fold in one swoop. The group sidesteps the industry's long-running problem on skills shortage ...

MGI launches Queen Street Partners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
The newly-formed Macquarie Global Investments (MGI) has appointed a Macquarie outsider to head its first venture, Queen Street Partners, an institutional boutique investment firm. The group has appointed Steven Vaughan, formerly the head of Melbourne ...

Prime selects Praemium

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
Prime Financial Group has selected Praemium Limited as its direct equities administration platform. Praemium provides online portfolio administration service through its V-Wrap, p-Desktop and Separately Managed Account (SMA) technology to a range of ...

ANZ appoints ex-MLC as FP chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
ANZ has appointed Alan Logan to general manager of financial planning, ending its search after Mike Goodall's departure three months ago. The financial planning division has increased its planner numbers by 30 per cent in two years and has more than ...

Retirees short on yield

... than ever before, require their capital to last the distance, these solutions can also provide long-term capital growth." Michael Hobbs In the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis, the report warned retirees needed to be wary of income producing ...

Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The long-term growth potential in BRIC economies remains high yet will stabilise as China exhibits 'bubble' characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week ...