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CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... the financial advisers that service them," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. PFL manager of marketing and product development Rael Solomon said that "life companies have continued to innovate their risk products in 2013, while at the same time paying ...

BT arms planners with tablets to improve advice

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... Mike Chesworth said BT was committed to using technology to help more Australians get advice. "This is an exciting development in the industry and reflects how people are using technology in their everyday lives," he said. BT Financial Group head of ...

IFM Investors expands Asia sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
IFM Investors has appointed a director of business development in Australia who will be reporting to the Japan-based executive director of business development. Dan Vanden Boom joins IFM investors from Morgan Stanley Investment Management and has 15 ...

Zurich fills life risk role from within

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... partners in Victoria and Tasmania She joined Zurich's life and investments business in 2013 in the role of business development manager. "KV has already proven to be a valuable addition to the Zurich team. Her extensive experience and her passion for ...

Media Super to launch MDI option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... members are and what members want, and we're responding (e.g. Member Directed Investment Option and other initiatives in development)," he said. The announcement follows news last week that Media Super's chief investment officer Jon Glass would leave ...

Fidelity to hire two after head of insto business resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... institutional business Gary Bailey. In a client note Fidelity said that it was committed to institutional business development in the Australian market. "We will soon be commencing an internal and external search for a successor to Gary, as well as a ...

Westpac appoints deputy CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... that Coffey's "expertise in risk, finance, capital markets and regulatory issues will be invaluable in the further development of the Group's strategy as we address both the challenges and opportunities facing the industry."

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
My, my... Crimea has just put a new twist in the turn of the Russia/Ukraine saga. Crimea's Parliament voted - unanimously if I may add - to secede from Ukraine and re-join Russia (which it was part of it till 1954). The Crimeans will get their say in ...

Ray King added to Ashington super fund court case

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... alleged breach of an agreement. Anderson has claimed as part of Ashington's retirement as manager of two property development funds in 2009, the super funds agreed to pay $3.75m for units held by Ashington in the funds, plus a $2.5m wind-up fee. He said ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Almost half the world's fund managers expect their institutional clients to adopt a more aggressive investment strategy in 2014, according to a global survey by Towers Watson. The survey, including responses from 128 investment managers (the majority ...