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Count Financial taps AMP for research exec

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... months since Griffith's departure. His role includes managing the approved product list for investment products and insurance offerings, product research for reviews, providing platform access to advisers and model portfolio creation. "Brendan is ideal ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... less crops, copper and whatever they dig up underneath Queensland to ship to China. In New South Wales, financial and insurance services contributed the most last fiscal year. The same goes for Victoria (along with professional, scientific and technical ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the insurance landscape. The $1.2 billion deal, which has already been approved by Tower's board, represents the second Japanese acquisition ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... flood-affected Queenslanders, in particular those who need to identify their insurer. In related news, on January 14, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) had received over 7,000 general insurance claims with an estimated insurable value of $365 ...

IRESS to launch iPad-friendly XPLAN

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... of reasons why being on the online environment makes sense, which includes the ability to interact with platforms and insurance providers through a system that can be readily connected to them," said Kinens. "By catering for all these facets, it means ...

HIP stands firm on investment strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... equity markets that is the balancing point." It has been an active time for the fund after appointing MLC as its group insurance provider in November and enhancing its insurance benefits. Through its relationship with MLC, HIP has introduced new offers ...

Advisers must unite against AusFin

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... important issues, such as Australia's inadequate savings and retirement savings levels, and chronic levels of under-insurance.

Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... products and super is about trustee based products that can have its investments placed in long tem markets tied to insurance arrangements. If the Treasurer is successful in building momentum around his banking reform package and the various impasses ...

AvSuper appoints Russell for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... administration business provides services to over 220,000 individuals and includes contributions and benefit payment processing, insurance and claims management, choice of fund, financial reporting, online services, interactive voice response, call centre ...

China inflation fears overplayed

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... growing importance of domestic consumption in Asia," he said. Series said that 8IP, which is part owned by South African insurance giant Sanlam, had grown its funds under management to $160 billion, and was experiencing solid inflows from its retail ...