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Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Finsia last night announced five financial services professionals as award winners for outstanding contributions to the industry. The award for most outstanding industry contribution went to Dr Maurice Newman AC, former chair of Deutsche Bank Australia ...

Inflation not currency worrying the RBA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Anyone who thinks the Reserve Bank was about to cave into pressure for lower interest rates to take pressure of the AUD should read their rates decision statement from yesterday because it seems they were closer to lifting them than they were to lowering ...

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 ...

Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
One year after Tower Australia secured a $600 million insurance deal with AustralianSuper, the firm has signed on a major partnership with Virgin Money to provide life insurance to the retail market. Richard Branson-backed Virgin Money is expanding ...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney names new chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed Harry Parkinson as chief executive, replacing Matthew Comyn who leaves the role after just six months with the firm. Comyn was appointed chief executive of the firm's Australian wealth management business in ...

Austock hires insto sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Austock Group has hired former MINC Financial Services stockbroker, Bruce Rolin, as co-head of institutional sales in its Sydney office. Rolin has more than 25 years experience in financial markets including long-standing directorships with Morgan Stanley ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Coinciding with the month of Mardi Gras celebrations, Virgin Super is cutting "unfair fees" charged to parents and same-sex partners with children on maternity and paternity leave. Virgin Money announced in a press statement that "Super Baby Break" ...

Virgin Super eyes SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
Virgin Super has gained more than $300 million in funds since launching four years ago and plans to target financial planners specialising in small to medium enterprises (SME) to gain more inflows. Matt Baxby, chief executive at Virgin Money Australia ...

Merger creates 18,500 adviser force

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
Morgan Stanley and Citi have given the go-ahead to the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture - a move that will create a global organisation with 18,500 advisers. The deal between Citi for Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley was closed last night. In ...

HOSTPLUS and AUSCOAL are top employers: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
HOSTPLUS and AUSCOAL Super have emerged as among the "Top 50 Best Companies to Work For" in Australia, a survey shows. The two super funds were two of the five financial services companies that made it to BRW's inaugural Top 50 list, which was based ...