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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... Australian insurers opened the day mixed. QBE was up seven cents at $17.30, but IAG was down eight cents at $3.65. Life insurer Tower Australia Group said a shifting economic and regulatory environment would make the year ahead "interesting". Tower was ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A leading fund manager argues that many investors are too pessimistic about the US and too optimistic about other markets, particularly China. Speaking at a lunch briefing yesterday, Martin Conlon, head of Australian equities at Schroder Investment ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
An after-tax optimisation tool available to super funds called 'propagation' is proving too expensive to run in practice and, at current prices, is only cost-effective for multi-billion super funds, research shows. In its paper, Towers Watson studied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process to issue $500 million of the April 2020 bond line. In equities, Tower Australia Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting. On Tuesday, the Australian share market ended flat despite strong US ...

Zurich poaches IUS Life team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... division, with the help of Collins and the team. He said that their strategy is not to compete head-on with the likes of Tower or ING but to strengthen their employer consultancy relationships. "We are a niche player. The way we would differentiate ourselves ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... last week flagged plans to launch new iPad-based adviser tools that will allow planners to operate solely on their iPad. Tower unveiled its Accelerated iQuote life insurance app for both the iPhone and iPad in November, and Zurich also has an iPhone ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the insurance landscape. The $1.2 billion deal, which has already been ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... members are also negotiating special arrangements for premium payments on a case-by-case basis for those undergoing hardship. Tower Australia said that its approach is in line with the FSC model and that it will be working with its dealer groups and ...

AvSuper appoints Russell for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The $1 billion-plus AvSuper has appointed Russell as its fund administrator - marking Russell's first mandate win for its new in-house administration model. Russell will replace Towers Watson, which outsourced its underlying administration to IBM SuperLife. ...

LGsuper and City Super set merger date

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The boards of LGsuper and City Super have given the green light for both funds to merge next year to create a $5 billion-plus fund with over 90,000 members. The merge will be completed by 30 June next year with an immediate focus on short-term efficiencies ...