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AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... Life, has 19 per cent market share. AIA's contract comes a month after another large group insurance mandate was handed to Tower Australia from the $20 billion First State Super. Tower expects the deal to generate $75 million-plus in annual insurance ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The wave of consolidation sweeping through the not-for-profit superannuation sector is putting transition management firmly back in the spotlight for next year. Last month, Health Super announced that talks were underway with First State Super to create ...

Review after Military Super changes mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Military Super's switch to Towers Watson as principle investment consultant results in a rating review for SCM Wholesale Absolute Australian Equities Fund. Last month, the government fund appointed Towers Watson as principal investment consultant in ...

Nikko snaps up Singapore fund manager

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Fresh after its acquisition of Tyndall Asset Management last month, Japan's Nikko Asset Management has broadened its reach outside of Japan with the purchase of Singapore based DBS Asset Management (DBSAM). This transaction will add US$7 billion in ...

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Third-ranked group insurer Tower Australia is nipping at the heels of top two rivals AIA and ING, now called OnePath, after signing a landmark deal with the $20 billion First State Super. Effective next month, Tower will provide death, disablement and ...

New investment consultant for MilitarySuper

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Towers Watson has been appointed as the principal investment consultant for the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme ('MilitarySuper'). "We welcome Towers Watson as a new service provider to MilitarySuper and look forward to their contribution ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Specialist life insurance group Tower Australia has reported a 24 per cent profit growth this year to $92.3 million, buoyed by strong performance in its group and direct insurance channels. Tower's retail life business underwent significant changes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... releases data on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure in the September quarter. In equities news, insurer Tower Australia Group Ltd releases annual results. Annual general meetings are scheduled for Goodman Fielder Ltd, Centrebet ...

Tower unveils iQuote app

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Tower has launched the Accelerated iQuote life insurance app for the iPhone and iPad - giving advisers the opportunity to roll out instant life insurance quotes on the go. Brett Clark, chief executive of TOWER Australia Retail Life, said Accelerated ...

Towers Watson looks to non-life insurance

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010