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Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... would step in to buy bonds if needed. The grouping includes four of the country's major banks and nine non-banks and insurance companies. The move follows concerns over Indonesia's negative real interest rates where rates at 6.5 per cent lag the 7.0 ...

ESI and SPEC form Energy Super

FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Energy Super is the new name to watch in superannuation after ESI Super and SPEC Super complete their merger in April. ESI Super and SPEC Super chairman Bob Henricks said Energy Super reflects their focus on the nation's energy industry. "We feel Energy ...

QBE buys CUNA Australia

ASX RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
QBE Insurance Group has acquired the Australian operations of US-owned CUNA Mutual Group in a deal that increases the insurer's market share in the credit union sector. The purchase, which is still subject to regulatory approval and won't be completed ...

SimCorp signs Fennia Mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
Finland-based Finnish Fennia Mutual Insurance Company has chosen SimCorp Dimension as its new investment management platform. Fennia Mutual Insurance Company will be using SimCorp Dimension front-to-back. Following a detailed selection process, Fennia ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... American International Group (AIG) continues on with its divestments and is selling its majority stake in Nan Shan Life Insurance Company to Taiwanese group Ruen Chen Investment Holdings. AIG agreed to offload its 97.57 per cent interest in Nan Shan ...

AXA elevates RACV for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... client base. Under the agreement, AXA advisers have the opportunity to access RACV's two million policyholders for life insurance. In return, RACV members could receive a five per cent discount on a range of AXA's insurance products, for the life of ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... iPad-based adviser tools that will allow planners to operate solely on their iPad. Tower unveiled its Accelerated iQuote life insurance app for both the iPhone and iPad in November, and Zurich also has an iPhone app for life insurance quotes. In October ...

Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... as the floods - are also available. ESI Super and SPEC Super are also focusing on income protection and death and TPD insurance, particularly for those working in the energy sector who face substantial workloads in potentially-dangerous conditions in ...

Disability trust comes with caveat

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... pitfalls of setting up a disability trust, with many people who have a disabled dependent likely to lose their pension or insurance benefits without the right advice. In a number of cases, a client with a heavily disabled dependent may find that their ...