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Suncorp set to pay $7.9b for Promina

... have 16,000 employees and manage $63 billion in assets on behalf of eight million customers. The portfolio of financial brands under the one roof include AAMI, GIO, Asteron, Guardian Financial Planning and Tyndall. "If approved, this transaction will ...

Navigator Research re-brands to Aviva Research

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
Navigator Research will begin operating under the Aviva Research banner effective immediately. Stuart Fechner, Aviva Research manager, said the change of name was in recognition of the growing brand awareness of Aviva in the Australian market. It is ...

Marketers urged to target over-50s

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... theories about the mature age group are changing as marketers realise that over-50s are just as receptive to new products and brands as their younger cohorts. American publications group AARP, together with RoperASW, performed a study to discover how ...

IOOF rationalises and re-brands dealer group

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... groups to create a new dealer group offering, Consultum Financial Advisers, set to hit the market in October. Existing brands Winchcombe Carson and Financial Partnership will be integrated under the new banner, with a focus on building retail distribution. ...

Navigator names its top five Aussies

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... the addition of Ausbil, Tyndall and Challenger Orion as has the "distraction" of staff churn continued. He added that big brands can manage this better due to their "deeper pockets". "However, boutiques are arguably better placed to retain key staff ...

GPE give super funds access to Witchery

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
... commits between $10 million and $60 million to equity deals in worth up to $500 million and has owned a number of retail brands including Repco and currently owns New Zealand's largest electrical retailer, Noel Leeming. "While we don't have other fashion ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... some managers more than others and it was impossible to draw any hard and fast rules. In the ongoing boutique versus big brands battle, Navigator pointed to the trend of the big brands becoming more flexible and creating structures and remunerations ...

Platinum re-brands to Sentry

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
Adviser group Platinum has been renamed Sentry Group on the back of a business and corporate restructure. Sentry Group managing director, Murray Hills, said the re-branding will help differentiate the group from other Platinum's in the market. The name ...

Industry funds target top end with TV campaign part 2

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
... balances after fees and commissions are taken out, but will go one step further by promoting individual industry super fund brands. Weaven added that last year's similar campaigns sparked a "staggering" increase of 11.73 per cent in employer members ...

MBF lifestyle protector to bundle insurance and ClearView

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... insurer's image from just health insurance to wealth management and retirement products. But despite this, MBF's individual brands - MBF Health, MBF Life, MBF Travel and ClearView Retirement Solutions - will still be maintained. Martin Rippon, managing ...