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Ironbridge creates largest independent underwriter

Independent Australian private equity manager Ironbridge Capital announced that Dexta Corporation, one of its investee companies, has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire four of Aon's Australian underwriting agency businesses. The four Aon ...

FSR changes usher era of less but better compliance

It took a long time but the proposed changes to the Financial Services Regulation (FSR), which promised to reduce the compliance burden on the industry while also being more consumer-friendly, were finally passed on as law this week. In a 10-page statement ...

ABN Amro management service hits $3b

ABN AMRO Morgans' managed portfolio service (MPS) has topped $3 billion dollars in client funds under advice, testament to the growing popularity of MPS for those who are time-poor. Gerard Ruddy of MPS said the service's popularity is tied to the time ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

Hedge funds and alternative investments will not be ruled out of the Future Fund according to Treasury officials, ending months of uncertainty that kept hedge and alternatives fund managers on tenterhooks. Kim Ivey, chairman of the industry's peak body ...

General Motors mortgages driving down to Australia

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005
General Motors Acceptance Corp will open a mortgage funding business in Australia during the first quarter of 2006. Few details of GMAC's business plan are clear, however the company has been hiring staff and working with marketers on its plans. As ...

FPA chief exec Kelly resigns

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has started the search for a new CEO, after Kerrie Kelly announced her resignation only two years after taking up the position in 2003. Kelly will leave the FPA in March to take up another CEO role ...

AES member funds safe

The Australian Enterprise Superannuation (AES) Fund says member money is safe and secure following this week's disqualification by APRA of some of its trustee directors. The regulator disqualified former AES directors Ian Baldock, Kerry Woolacott and ...

NZ finance companies risky long term: S&P

Standard & Poor's (S&P's) have issued a warning to investors saying that New Zealand finance companies, while currently popular for their high short term returns, are in fact a "vulnerable" and risky investment in the long term. S&P's credit analyst ...

Funds resolve ASIC disclosure issues

Several superannuation funds have responded to ASIC's direction for improvements to disclosure documents, saying the "minor" changes have been made and no members had been disadvantaged. ASIC last week issued a statement calling on four superannuation ...

ASIC complaint is minor: Health Super

Health Super, responding to an ASIC direction to improve insurance disclosure, says the areas requiring improvement are minor and have caused no detriment to members. But Health Super have said are, and will fully, co-operate with ASIC. In a statement ...