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MoneyForLife ups ratchet frequency

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
ING Australia's longevity product MoneyForLife has increased its ratchet frequency from biennally (every two years) to annually. MoneyForLife is a retirement income solution that offers a guaranteed lifetime income and the flexibility associated with ...

Amundi wins mandate for volatility strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... funding into the volatility strategy next week. This represents the second local institutional client in the strategy after ING Investment Multi Strategies invested $100 million last year. Borysiewicz said institutional clients would invest in the strategy ...

HSBC appoints investment sales manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... as a financial adviser with Australian Financial Services and previously held positions with St George Margin Lending and ING Bank. HSBC Global Investments is the wealth management arm of HSBC Bank Australia, distributing the international asset management ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
The $850 million Perpetual Select Super Plan has terminated its insurance mandate with ING Australia and appointed AIA as its new insurer - a move that saw the plan cut premium rates by up to 40 per cent for some members. Perpetual's decision to take ...

ING boosts life risk team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
ING Australia has appointed three senior manager positions in claims, operations and underwriting within its life risk division. Emlyn Pugh has been appointed national claims manager, Michael Williams as national operations manager and Jeff Gourlie ...

Hyperion wins $300m Optimix mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... Australian equities specialist investment managers. Emmanuel Calligeris, chief investment officer, multi strategies group, ING Investment Management, said Hyperion has a high level of earnings forecasting skill proven over a long time period. This comes ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
The former chief of ING New Zealand, Marc Lieberman, is the new head of Metlife Insurance in Australia. Lieberman will be reporting to Peter Smyth, Metlife's regional managing director for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Metlife, Lieberman was chief ...

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' ...