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Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... Lonsec investment consulting team. On August 1, Anh Nguyen joins the research house as a quantitative analyst. On June 9, Zurich sold Lonsec to Financial Research Holdings (FRH). Jason Clarke, managing director, FRH, said the changes in staff should ...

Planners remain wary of switching cash to equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Financial advisers remain tentative on the outlook for equity markets although more than half surveyed by Zurich are thinking about reducing the amount of cash in client portfolios. Zurich spoke to 300 advisers nationwide with 59% "indicating a potential ...

Zurich launches program to match demographic trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Zurich has kick-started the new financial year, releasing a fully formed insurance offering designed for greater client retention and hybrid policy cover, with plans for new applications within weeks. Assessing its policyholder trends, Zurich found ...

Australian Unity supporting advisers with appointment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... dealer groups with their clients. His previous roles include senior marketing and product roles with Russell Investments, Zurich Investments, Citibank and Westpac in Australia, and NatWest Bank in the UK. Cameron Dickman, general manager of retail, Australian ...

Count says advisers worried about IOOF offer

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... billion in funds under management, owns seven per cent of DKN Financial Group making it the third largest shareholder after Zurich (31 per cent) and IOOF (18.5 per cent). It opposes the unsolicited, non-binding terms of the indicative offer of 75c per ...

Lonsec bought by FRH

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The long rumoured sale of Lonsec has today been confirmed. Zurich has sold the ratings house to Financial Research Holdings (FRH). The sale brings Lonsec under the same business umbrella as SuperRatings. "We are absolutely thrilled with the purchase ...

New judge for AFA Adviser of the Year award

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... officer, Richard Klipin, Graham Peatey of The Encore Group, Peter Sobels of Riskinfo and Philip Kewin and Marc Fabris from Zurich. Financial planning groups can nominate advisers for the award online at the AFA website until 31 July this year.

Diamonds are a fund's best friends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... prices for the gem have been rising for more than a year due to a steady improvement in demand from China, India and the US. Zurich-based investment firm, Diamond Asset Advisers is launching the Diamond Asset Fund I of up to US$250 million for institutional ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... briefing where multiple board members Anna Booth, chair of Slater & Gordon and director at IFM, and Winsome Hall, chair of Zurich Australian Super and a director of ARIA, were the guest speakers. At the briefing, both Booth and Hall shared their experiences ...

FirstChoice launches nine new options

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... available from April 11. They are: Magellan Global, Realindex Emerging Markets, Colonial First State Global Soft Commodity, Zurich Investment Global Thematic Share, Blackrock Asset Allocation Alpha, AMP Capital Global Property Securities, Ironbark Karara ...