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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... year earlier, beating market expectations but also raising concerns about an interest rate rise. WELLINGTON - Shares in Tower Ltd dropped 4 per cent on the New Zealand stock exchange on Friday, as the insurer and fund manager disclosed that its costs ...

NAB buys 35pc stake in AREA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... access to India and also Europe where AREA has investments including a string of shopping centres in Poland, the Pascale Tower in Paris and nursing homes in Germany. Nick Basile, investment director at nabInvest said the markets had been short of investment ...

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Fund managers are bullish on global equities for the rest of the year, according to research firm Towers Watson. The firm surveyed 141 investment managers around the world who make decisions on more than $16 trillion worth of assets under management. ...

Tower adds to adviser support

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Tower Australia has recruited a former AMP Financial Planning manager as state sales manager. Tower has named Charl du Plooy as its NSW/ACT State Sales Manager, Retail Life. Formerly with AMP Financial Planning, du Plooy has managed distribution teams ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Virgin Money has launched a directly available life insurance product, underpinned by TOWER Australia. Virgin Money will lend its brand, product development and customer service expertise to the alliance while TOWER Australia will provide the infrastructure ...

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Towers Watson Investment has expanded its Australian investment team by four with plans to add another two within months. Former head of Mercer's New Zealand Retirement /Actuarial Consulting business, Paul Newfield is assuming the role of senior investment ...

AFA promotes Make A Plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... The AFA is taking a very strong leadership position, we need to start talking about this issue and, in conjunction with Tower Australia, we will be doing many things from here including research." Additionally, the association will be launching its industry-wide ...

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... mixes, with AustralianSuper the 56th cheapest workplace super fund and WestScheme the 59th cheapest. Both funds already use TOWER Group for group insurance, which also offers integration advantages.

Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
Paul Costello, former Future Fund general manager, has been named the chair of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group, a panel made up of the 15 representatives of key stakeholders in the superannuation sector. The panel has been tasked with advising ...