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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... more drops to come. Fresh signs of weakness in US consumer spending that have raised concerns about the outlook for corporate earnings sparked much of the selling. The Nikkei shed 1.9 per cent on Friday and 2.6 per cent for the week to close below its ...

AXA sells UK life and savings business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... Resolution's UK Life Project and provides the firm with greater scale in a number of product areas of protection and corporate pensions. AXA confirmed media reports it was in talks with Resolution regarding the sale of its life and savings operations ...

FIIG opens corporate bonds to planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Fixed-income broker FIIG Securities has launched a new service that lets planners access corporate bonds for their clients that have traditionally been the preserve of banks, fund managers and the ultra wealthy. The new DirectBonds service lets investors ...

Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... marketing and communications at Challenger, confirmed the deal was struck with a major asset consultant which advises corporate master trusts. The GIR was launched to target institutional clients, promising an indexed return linked to fixed interest ...

NAB Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Corporate fund NAB Group Superannuation Fund has enhanced its insurance for members, including interim accident cover, terminal illness, rehabilitation and bereavement benefits. NAB Group Super negotiated a number of improvements to the scheme's insurance ...

Advance takes advantage of down markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... volatility risk better than the line-up we had before." Advance's multi manager fund are used across BT Super for Life, BT Corporate Super, Asgard Corporate Super and a range of super platforms.

Telstra Super appoints Leggo as chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
One of Australia's largest corporate super funds, Telstra Super, has appointed former AvSuper chairman David Leggo as its new independent chairman. Leggo starts on 1 July and has been appointed for a term of three years. The former long-serving chair ...

AMP appoints Brenner to board

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... about a takeover bid until the bid period has finished. In addition to her non-executive roles, Brenner also worked as a corporate solicitor at Phillips Fox following a decade at ABN AMRO in a number of roles including managing director, investment banking. ...

AvSuper unveils intra-fund advice service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... plan to do it as an over the phone type service, and we intend to develop it for video conferencing especially for our corporate members in remote areas," said Griffiths. AvSuper currently provides members access to financial advice through its existing ...

RARE Infra wins $1.4bn in mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... not known when the Future Fund gave the fund manager an undisclosed investment mandate this year. AvSuper, Canada's Corporate Pension Plan, Russell OpenWorld and van Eyk Blueprint all awarded RARE Infrastructure mandates last year. RARE Infrastructure ...