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AIA appoints head of adviser services

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... appointed five executives and promoted a number of others across its product and adviser teams. Among those appointed was former AXA Australia senior product manager, Tim Tez, who was made as head of product management. He also previously held a number ...

ACCC blocks NAB bid for AXA, backs AMP

MEDIA RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... Commission (ACCC) has blocked the NAB bid, citing concerns about competition between retail investment platforms if NAB and AXA merged, but said it won't oppose the AMP bid. "At the heart of the ACCC's decisions are concerns about innovation, and as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... $28.80, a day after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opposed NAB's $14 billion proposal to acquire AXA Asia Pacific Holdings, at the same time not opposing AMP's rival $12.85 billion proposal. Commonwealth Bank was 27 cents higher ...

North gets very strong rating from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
AXA's North product has received a "very strong" rating from research house S&P Fund Services. According to a press statement, the rating reflects a product well designed for the needs of the target investor and a superior capital-protection structure ...

AXA names advice state managers

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
AXA Australia has appointed a financial advice state manager in Western Australia and New South Wales/ACT. Andrew Wright was appointed state manager of AXA Financial Advice in Western Australia. Wright previously worked at Professional Investment Services ...

Matrix appoints practice development manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
Matrix Planning Solutions has appointed former AXA executive Helen Shao to the newly created role of practice development manager. In this role, Shao will work alongside Matrix general manager of practice development, Geoff Martin, assisting Matrix ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... be a recovery of cost but it will be unpopular with the client if you don't succeed," said Ray White, financial planner at AXA. The case for most planners is that if the insurance policy is not put in place, planners get nothing for their time and resources. ...

Aus equities FMs target solid result stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... with a loss of 0.21 per cent over the same period. But proof that active management pays, several fund managers including AXA, Greencape and Perennial delivered between two to 10 per cent more than this index. Australian equity fund managers oversee ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... strategies offered by four managers. S&P has affirmed its five-star rating of Perpetual's industrials-sector strategy, and upgraded AXA's industrials-sector strategy, which is managed by Alliance Growth Equities, from three to four stars. Investors Mutual's ...

NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
National Australia Bank has reached binding terms with French company AXA and AXA Asia Pacific to buy the firms' Australian and New Zealand businesses for $4.6 billion. According to a press statement released yesterday, the deal includes a proposal ...