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IOOF eyes more cost cutting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... providers in the wealth management industry as a result of the merger with Australian Wealth Management and Australian Skandia. He said the firm had already been able to reduce costs by combining suppliers to all businesses such as IT and by cutting ...

IOOF profits down, to divest life insurance...

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... first profit announcement since the merger between IOOF and Australian Wealth Management (AWM) and the firm's purchase of Skandia, which now known as IOOF GlobalOne. The results include four months of IOOF GlobalOne and two months of AWM. Looking at ...

Intech CEO to leave after buyout

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... have to decide for themselves in their own time," he said. Morningstar is acquiring the business from IOOF, which bought Skandia and Intech - which has $4 billion in assets under management - in March this year. According to a press statement, the companies ...

TAAM strategy scores mandate boost

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... second half of last year, including a $100 million deal from Swedish pension giant AP1 in October and $62 million from Skandia in June. Since then, the firm has received mandate top ups from three existing large instos, including one from Australia. ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... Vicki Doyle, executive general manager for superannuation & investments at Suncorp. This news comes after IOOF bought Skandia Australia and Intech for $34 million in March, with support from Australian Wealth Management (AWM). The IOOF and AWM merger ...

SuperChoice buys SuperConnect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... master trusts, industry super funds, employer groups directly and payroll bureaus including Australian Wealth Management, Skandia and the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund. "This acquisition will allow SuperChoice to further enhance and expand ...

IOOF quadruples platform reach after Skandia buy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... group IOOF climbs through the ranks of platforms with the largest share of the non-aligned adviser market when it acquired Skandia Australia and Intech, a move that quadruples its slice of the sub-segment and adds more than $8 billion of funds under ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... to leverage Accelerate's capabilities into other areas of its business. The process had already started last year, when Skandia launched its online underwriting system allowing advisers with their client to apply for or increase the level of group insurance ...

Fidelity Europe fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... Fidelity Europe fund has more than $14 million in funds under management and is available on BT Wrap, AMP Wealthview, Skandia, Avanteos, Beacon, Goldman Sachs JBWere and E*Trade platforms. According to Rainmaker Research, the fund lost 21.32 and 15.52 ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Skandia enhanced its platform to include online straight through processing (STP) group insurance, allowing advisers to easily and accurately provide the service without lots of paperwork. The system's STP tool allows advisers to track the status of ...