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AXA IM opens Framlington to instos

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
AXA Investment Managers has launched its global equities thematic division, AXA Framlington, to local institutional investors. Craig Hurt, director Australia & New Zealand for AXA Investment Managers, said AXA Framlington's unconstrained higher alpha ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
What's it going to be? A strong dollar or a weak dollar policy? The short answer a strong dollar in words, a weak one in deed. Yesterday, I wrote about Uncle Timmy Geithner telling Asia that, "It's very important to the United States, to the economic ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Marsh & McLennan Companies, which owns consultant Mercer, has agreed to pay $428 million (US$400 million) in settlement for a lawsuit filed six years ago that accused the firm of breaking securities law covering its contingent commission practices. ...

No let up in ING asset sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
ING Australia has built itself into one of the best financial brands in Australia but that is the last thing on the minds of ING's European head office battling to repay their $40 billion in government bail-out debt as fast as they can. The pressure ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
AXA Asia Pacific independent directors have rejected AMP's $4 billion bid for AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, creating the first hurdle in a landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Steady as she goes! The US Federal Reserve maintained its course as it tries to guide the US economy out of stormy waters. There we have it Virginia, the much-awaited, much speculated US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting produced nada. By ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Trick or treat? Trick or treat? Will Halloween steal Christmas away from Wall Street? It appears so given the stumble on Wall Street and most major equity markets around the world last week - sending their early October gains down the gurgler. Wall ...

S&G settles claims for CBA Storm clients

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Slater & Gordon has settled claims against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on behalf of more than 50 clients who borrowed from the bank to invest in schemes promoted by the failed Storm Financial. In a legal first the claims were settled using the ...

HOSTPLUS scoops top marketing exec

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The battle between HOSTPLUS and Sunsuper as the super fund of choice for tourism and hospitality workers takes a new twist after Sunsuper's marketing whiz, Wayne Sullivan, joins the rival fund. In a press statement today, HOSTPLUS said it appointed ...

MLC FUM falls 19pc, in-force premiums rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
MLC's average funds under management (FUM) fell 19 per cent to $74 billion for the year to September while spot annual in-force premiums rose by over 12 per cent to $968 million. The NAB full year results found average FUM dropped from $92 billion to ...