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AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
AXA has entered the Romanian life insurance market by purchasing Omniasig Life, which represents $18 million in premiums. Launched in 1997, Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... cents, or 1.05 per cent, to $27.21. Wealth manager AMP Ltd eased seven cents, or 1.06 per cent to $6.52, while takeover target AXA Asia Pacific Holdings gave up two cents to $6.63. Resources giant BHP Billiton firmed nine cents to $43.53, while rival ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... at ANZ Bank and, prior to that, worked as chief economist - international at National Mutual Funds Management, which is now AXA Australia. He also worked as a chief economist at McIntosh Securities. In addition, Eslake is a member of three Federal Government ...

AUI hires capital markets analyst

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... rates and foreign exchange risk in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and US at Westfield Group. Prior to that role, he worked at AXA Asia Pacific as a treasury dealer and Orica as a group treasury accountant. He will manage the Australian Unity's debt facility ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
As the debate heats up on who will emerge as the new owner of AXA Asia Pacific, new research by Rainmaker suggests the more burning issue is how the winner would digest the acquisition - and the impact of that on the local wealth management sector. ...

AXA adds 20 funds to APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
AXA Australia has added 20 funds to its approved product list (APL), including those from Aberdeen, Barclays Global Investors and Magellan, to provide a wider choice of index and income funds to financial planners. The AXA APL includes 51 fund managers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... troubled sovereign investment arm. Woodside Petroleum's $2.5 billion capital raising and the increased bid from AMP and France's AXA SA for AXA Asia Pacific also were providing stimulus to the market, he said. "I think the market's got a nice little ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
AMP and AXA SA have sweetened the bid for AXA Asia Pacific, increasing the cash component of the proposal in a move that the firms said is their best and final offer. The revised proposal means AXA Asia Pacific's minority shareholders are being offered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... rose 44 cents, or 2.8 per cent, to $15.59, Brambles added eight cents to $6.45 and Westfield advanced 10 cents to $11.90. AXA Asia Pacific led the wealth managers higher, rising 20 cents, or 3.5 per cent, to $5.88. AMP added seven cents to $6.22, Perpetual ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... advisers who write business with them. The research covered all the major life companies including AIA, AMP, Asteron, Aviva, AXA, CommInsure, ING, Macquarie, MLC, Tower and Zurich.