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Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... during the year with the closure of three 'on sale' life insurance products and the launch of the Accelerated Protection platform in late 2009. Meanwhile, the direct business maintains its market leader position with 100 per cent ownership of InsuranceLine. ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...

IOOF consolidates platforms

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... overall property footprint reduced by the end of December 2011," he said. So far, the firm has cut the number of its platform administration systems from eight to six. The IOOF Global One and Lifetrack transitions were completed by the financial year-end. ...

Lazard targets instos with new EM fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... fundamental approach to stock selection and portfolio construction. "The fund was a natural evolution of the emerging markets platform built by Lazard over the past 20 years," said Rob Prugue, senior management of Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. ...

Advice costs 'halved' with new system

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Infocus Money Management will launch its new in-house client management system to close the gap between what Australians are willing to pay for advice and what it costs to provide. The financial planning network has developed a fully-integrated client ...

Former Soros partner targets retail market

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... trends developing, accelerating and faltering. The firm noted that its investment product is already on a managed account platform operated by Linear (co-owned by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank). The company added that its screening process to identify trends ...

Zurich eyes platforms for growth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Macquarie, BT and AXA are some of the platform providers Zurich Financial Services will be targeting next year as the firm shifts its strategy from launching new products, to increasing its presence in the platform sector. Matthew Drennan, general manager ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... more aggressive strategy towards providing direct equities, model portfolios and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to its platform. Lawrenson said that within the next three years, Asgard plans to enhance their models across several fronts, namely through ...

OnePath embraces fee for service

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
OnePath has launched OneAnswer Frontier, a new range of fee-for-service products available through the OneAnswer platform. OneAnswer Frontier leverages the comprehensive features and services that OneAnswer provides, however, OneAnswer Frontier delivers ...

Tower unveils iQuote app

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... agreed to proceed with the cover, the quote details are automatically uploaded onto our Accelerated Protection Online platform, ready for the adviser to submit the application to TOWER Australia," he said. Accelerated iQuote can be downloaded for free ...