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MetLife sells annuity business to Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
MetLife Insurance has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership its annuity and pension business to Challenger Life. The sale is part of MetLife's strategy to focus on its core strengths, particularly group insurance. "This transaction will free ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... announced the possibility of a further takeover approach. At 1209 AEDT, Coles's share price was up a 1.37 to $15.87. The insurance group QBE also appreciated, he said, its shares rising 44 cents to $32.47 at 1209 AEDT after it announced that profits ...

Morningstar buys S&P managed fund data business

... Services Association Limited (IFSA), the non-profit peak body for retail and wholesale managed funds, super funds and life insurance groups, said that while this means there are "fewer players", Morningstar's research team has consistently delivered ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... Exchange at 0654 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down one point to 5992. On the corporate front today, QBE Insurance Group Ltd and Caltex Australia will release their annual results, while Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd, Southern Cross ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... Marine, Flight Centre, Amalgamated Holdings, Paperlinx, GWA International, Tattersalls, Centrebet International and Insurance Australia Group all release first half results. A raft of firms are also releasing full year results, including, Santos, Babcock ...

Passive hedge fund investing in vogue

... transparency, Schupp said they might soon introduce new sub-categories such as commodity-specific, credit-linked and insurance-linked hedge funds to their current suite as more and more of these specialist products enter the market. Michelle Baltazar ...

AXA launches online insurance tool

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
AXA Australia has launched an online tool to help advisers keep track of their clients' insurance applications. The new Application Status Report provides real time information on the progress of AXA insurance applications. "The best analogy for the ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

... and offer them a review and the option to switch out of AMP with their fees reimbursed and, more importantly, their insurance cover intact. But six months on since the EU was first announced, AMP chief executive, Andrew Mohl, said that they had extended ...

CommInsure ranked first in group risk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... new group life policy. CommInsure designed a new death, total and permanent disablement (TPD) and income protection insurance package with new features and increased levels of cover which saw AustralianSuper members receive increases in cover of between ...

Life settlement fund launches in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
A wholesale fund that enables investors to gain exposure to life insurance policy settlements is now available in Australia. The fund works like a fixed interest investment as the portfolio managers trade life settlements on the secondary market where ...