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EQT completes OAMPS buy

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Equity Trustees has finalised its acquisition of the $265 million OAMPS Super Fund. The listed financial services group bought the fund, which previously belonged to the Wesfarmers Group, on 1 November. EQT chairman Tony Killen said OAMPS is a great ...

Going global with Threadneedle

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... the Australian investor is much more receptive to investing internationally. The typical UK investor believes that the UK market is fairly international and already gives them the exposure they want," Podger said. In contrast, Australian institutions ...

EQT buys OAMPS Super Fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Equity Trustees will pay $10 million to buy OAMPS Super Fund from the Wesfarmers Group. According to a press statement released this morning, EQT will add around $265 million in funds under management to EquitySuper, EQT's superannuation business, following ...

AXA sells UK life and savings business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... Protection businesses. Prior to the deal being sealed, AXA said the sale does not reflect the group's commitment to the UK market. "The group remains fully committed to AXA's UK Direct Protection and Wealth Management operations," said the statement. ...

Tower taps UK trends to upgrade insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
The life insurer who won the year's largest insurance mandate from a super fund, Tower Australia, has tapped the UK market's latest trends to boost its flagship Accelerate platform. Tower is unveilling its new Accelerated Protection platform - an improved ...

Euro fixed income ETF assets grow 250 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... on Frankfurt Xetra and Borsa Italiana, however we have plans to launch a dedicated range of fixed income ETFs for the UK market later this year," he said. Although this ETF segment achieved this rapid expansion, fixed income ETFs only account for 30 ...

FMs predict comeback by 2012

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... return 80 basis points more than the Australian market at 8.8 per cent. In addition, the median fund manager expects the UK market to return roughly five per cent this year. Volatility this year is estimated to be in the range of 20 to 25 per cent which ...

Praemium raises $8m working capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... growth having recently received regulatory approval for the unique adaptation of the separately managed account (SMA) for UK market." Praemium provides online portfolio administration services via its V-Wrap service, market data systems through its p-Desktop ...

Aberdeen climbs ranks after Goodman buy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... Roughly 93 per cent of Goodman Property Investor's assets under management are invested indirectly or directly in the UK market. This makes Aberdeen Asset Management's property division, Aberdeen Property Investors purchase of the firm significant as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower on the back of a negative finish on Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down ten points at 5,723. In economic news today, the Reserve ...