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Aviva key personnel disbanded after NAB buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
More than six months on since NAB bought Aviva Australia's Navigator platform and insurance business, at least three key Aviva personnel have left or about to leave, while five have assumed new roles within NAB's businesses. Allan Griffiths, chief executive ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

Boutique incubators target retail market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Boutique incubators, Ascalon Capital Managers and Treasury Group, are ramping up their retail distribution strategy to broaden their fund managers' funds under management (FUM). Mark Burgess, managing director at Treasury Group, said the firm had spent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open lower on Monday following a weak lead from the US and most major world markets. At 0733 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 47 points lower at 4,499. In economic news ...

HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
While investors will have to wait a while before they find out what the tax system changes are following the Henry Review, a leading tax expert takes a stab at what the new regime could be. Although the Treasurer is not giving anything away regarding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
The Australian share market had made marginal gains by noon on Thursday ahead of US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and US December growth figures due on Friday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had firmed 1.1 point ...

Bendigo head moves to ME Bank

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Jamie McPhee, former head of banking and wealth at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, is the new chief executive of Members Equity Bank. McPhee will be taking over the reins of ME Bank on 8 February, according to a press statement from the bank. McPhee is a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday with the Federal Reserve's positive statements about the state of the economic recovery in the US driving gains on Wall Street. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was about 1.5 per cent lower at noon, hit by concerns of a local rate rise, lower than expected sales by Woolworths and delays to a major mining joint venture. A decline in US stocks overnight also dented investor confidence ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are likely to open weaker on Wednesday after the Australia Day public holiday, with Wall Street losing ground in late trade to post a decline. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 ...