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IAG restructures and jumps on web

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Insurance group IAG is to merge its CGU and Business Partnerships businesses, revamp its direct insurance arm and will soon launch a separate online outfit. IAG is merging its commercial underwriting unit CGU and Business Partnerships division to create ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning, despite overnight falls on Wall Street and amongst base metals in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0705 AEST was up 45 points at 5673. In the news ...

IRESS software gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
IRESS' planning software, XPLAN, has recorded the highest level of satisfaction amongst planners for fully featured planning software, a new report shows. According to the latest Investment Trends Planner Technology report, XPLAN - a web-deployed platform ...

Franklin Templeton allies with Vietcombank

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
NYSE-listed global asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments has acquired a 49 per cent stake in Vietcombank Fund Management (VCBF), an investment management firm focused on private equity in Vietnam. The remaining 51 per cent of VCBF will continue ...

Macq expands Perth private wealth arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed five private wealth specialists to its Perth office. Ian Walters, Wilfred Ong, Graydon Hanly and Jon Matsen were appointed private client advisers in the stockbroking team. These appointees have more than 20 years ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
High oil prices and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis ...

Investec backs MainstreamBPO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
Investec Bank Australia has provided a $10 million debt facility to MainstreamBPO, enabling MainstreamBPO to buy Group Benefits and pursue its expansion strategy to become a back office processing service provider to the financial institutions. Group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
SYDNEY - The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker this morning following a poor performance on Wall Street as US stocks were hammered by record high oil prices and the financials were hurt after Citigroup revealed a weak earnings report. ...

Advisers lead margin lending push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
While investors are becoming more sophisticated, it's still advisers who are leading the massive growth in margin lending, according to BT Financial Group's head of wealth and wrap solutions, Chris Freeman. His comments came on the back of BT Margin ...

Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
Thanks to recent changes in superannuation laws, 55 per cent of all self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees now use planners, up from a third in December 2005, according the latest AMP/Investment Trends Self Managed Super Funds: Investor and Planner ...