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IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... had more than 550 non-aligned advisers using its platform as of the September quarter compared to Skandia, which ranked third largest, with more than 1,880 non-aligned advisers using its platform. "The appearance of Skanda [as number three] reinforces ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... their product lines and business, are delivering strong outcomes for their customers and advisers," said Klipin. In its third year running, the AFA and Plan For Life have introduced a new category, Investment Bonds, with data drawn from Plan For Life's ...

Planners gain clean tech fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... an online Essential Research poll found more than 40 per cent of respondents are in favour of nuclear power and only one third opposed it. The Securitor financial planning network has over 400 financial advisers and more than $12 billion in funds under ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Nearly one third of sovereign wealth funds that control over $7 trillion in assets are aiming to increase their investments in equity markets during the second half of 2009, new figures show. According to a survey by FD, 70 per cent of the hedge funds ...

AMP posts profits, AUM falls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Individual risk annual premium income rose by 17 per cent to $547 million, thanks to new business, increased planner activity and third party distribution. New Zealand is also a growth area. The NZ business saw operating earnings up 17 per cent to $56 ...

QSuper appoints investment committee

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... and chief investment officer of Westpac Investment Management, and managing director of Perennial Investment Partners. The third appointee Michael Drew was previously general manager of investment services at QSuper. He was responsible for implementing ...

DC plans to axe managers

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... ad hoc or monthly sessions to discuss the fate of these managers, among other investment issues. Last year, more than one third or 39 per cent of participating firms had already ditched underperforming managers. "DC plan sponsors' primary areas of focus ...

Boutiques hire ex-Macq BDMs

MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... Integrity Investment Management managing director. "That can only be achieved by investing in the business and Rob is the third client services professional appointed to Integrity over the past 12 months, joining Craig Shaw and Matthew O'Donnell."

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... The ECB has so far only reduced its benchmark repo rate by 225 basis points from the cycle high of 4.25 per cent in the third quarter of 2008 to 2 per cent currently. Despite indications that the economy's contraction is getting deeper, the ECB decided ...

CommBank's 64,245 margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... and half times the number of margin calls made in the previous six months. Calls requiring forced sales also increased one third from about 3.5 to 4.5 per cent. However aggregate gearing moved up only slightly from 42 to 45 per cent. During the equity ...