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MLC tailors critical illness underwriting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
MLC has strengthened its underwriting business by creating the Critical Illness-Special Risk tool and by hiring additional experts to help advisers. Tracey Crowe, chief underwriter at MLC, said the Critical Illness-Special Risk tool would allow MLC ...

JPMorgan WSS appoints new head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has appointed Jane Perry to head of WSS Australia and New Zealand. Starting in early January, Perry will be responsible for sales, operations, technology, client service and product across the WSS business ...

ESSSuper starts CEO search

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
Emergency Services and State Employee Super fund, ESSSuper, is on the hunt for a new chief executive after David Atkin's resignation to take up a new role at Cbus. "Atkin will be missed at ESSSuper but he goes on to a prominent role in one of the largest ...

Evans & Partners selects Praemium

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
Melbourne based investment advisory, Evans & Partners, has chosen Praemium to provide front and back office software solutions. Under the deal, Evans & Partners will use Praemium's market data service, p-Desktop, and portfolio administration program ...

Investec arrives in Aus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Global investment giant Investec Asset Management is sending one of its top guys, head of UK institutional Mark Samuelson, to spearhead its expansion in Australia. Samuelson leaves his London-base role to become the new managing director at Investec ...

Adviser ban after Westpoint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned NSW-based financial adviser, Andy Shen-En Chen, from providing financial advice for five years after recommending Westpoint to clients. An ASIC investigation found in between October ...

Hong Kong's millionaire factory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Hong Kong's rich list is set to explode after a Datamonitor study found the number of millionaires (those with more than $US1 million) is predicted to increase by 32,000 by 2011. The Wealth Management in Hong Kong 2007 report found the amount of assets ...

Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Two in five companies are at risk of not fully complying with a new emission auditing law that will come into effect next year, according to a new study. A joint Jones Lang LaSalle and CoreNet Global research study found only one in five Australian ...

OneCare works

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
From being one of the bottom-performing retail insurance providers four years ago, ING Australia has made a comeback. The biggest success story this year has been insurance platform OneCare, according to chief financial officer Ian Riley. The product ...

Morningstar scores top ratings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
US-based investment data researcher Advisor Perspectives has found Morningstar's mutual fund rating system scores highly on rating bonds but not so much on international equities. Advisor Perspective did three separate studies, done in conjunction with ...