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ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Following public outrage against big financial institutions acting irresponsibly, Europe-based ING Group's top 200 managers have signed a company memorandum that binds them to act with integrity at all times. Signatories to the principle's vow to act ...

Open letter to trusted trustees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Trustees should use their collective muscle to punish investment managers and listed company directors who are robbing investors blind through capital raisings and deals that ultimately destroy shareholder value, said a governance expert. Dean Paatsch ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

ETF Securities signs Taurus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... to physically backed gold and other metals through a single platform. This announcement comes after Taurus was appointed by ING Investment Management to invest in precious metals within the OptiMix Diversified funds last month.

ING buys 20pc stake in Fortnum

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
ING Australia has taken a 20 per cent stake in Ray Miles' Fortnum Financial Group but Miles said the backing will not affect the practice's business structure. Ray Miles, former Genesys Wealth Advisers managing director and now executive chair at Fortnum ...

Instreet hires HFA exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... products and open -ended investment funds to boutique and national dealer groups. Before that, he spent over three years with ING Australia where he was involved in a number of different roles across various business groups. "Sam will be responsible ...

ING enhances OneCare

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
ING Australia has improved its life insurance product, OneCare, that allows policy holders to increase their cover by up to 25 per cent on the amount insured on every third year policy anniversary without a medical check-up. The insurance firms 'future ...

AIA on hiring spree

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... this appointment, she worked at Aviva as a senior business development manager and has also held a number of positions at ING, TOWER/PrefSure and Westpac Life. David Tilley has been promoted to national dealership manager after six years as NSW state ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... categories namely, the Innovation Awards - Life Insurance, won by MLC, and the Innovation Awards - Retirement Income, won by ING Australia. "We congratulate them and the industry for continuing to manufacture innovative products which service the ever-changing ...

ING IM appoints Taurus for gold strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
ING Investment Management has appointed Sydney-based Taurus Funds Management to invest in gold and precious metals within the OptiMix Diversified funds. Emmanuel Calligeris, chief investment officer, multi strategies group at ING Investment Management ...