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ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Bond managers may need to review their allocation to Asian debt after ING Investment Management research found the region's bonds present better value than many developed countries. Research conducted by the firm found debt issued by Asian countries ...

ING upgrades OneCare

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
ING Australia has changed the 90-day waiting period rules for trauma insurance, upgraded the cover for male specific cancer and enhanced OneCare Express e-application. Announced yesterday, ING Australia head of marketing and retail products for life ...

ING hires two distribution managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
ING Australia added two distribution managers to the firm's life risk division. Protip DasGupta was appointed NSW distribution manager and Rob McNeill was appointed Victorian distribution manager. DasGupta previously worked at as a business development ...

Future Fund hires more managers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Goldman Sachs, ING Clarion and Perennial are just three of seven new mandate beneficiaries of the $59 billion Future Fund. According to its latest quarterly update, the Future Fund has appointed new Aussie equities mandates with JF Capital Partners ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... losses is not lost when the transferring superannuation entity is wound up. Ross Bowden, executive director wealth management, ING Australia, said that plans by the Minister to introduce legislation to Federal Parliament providing Capital Gains Tax roll-over ...

Clarion call for bargain global property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... Global listed property securities have fallen too far with the US presenting some solid investment opportunities, according to ING Clarion Real Estate Securities. Chris Reich, director and portfolio manager at ING Clarion, said real estate investment ...

Life insurers post 18 pc plus growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... accounts for just over five per cent of the risk premium market. The risk premium market is still dominated by CommInsure, ING Australia and National Australia/MLC which account for a fraction under 15 per cent, almost 13 per cent and just over 12 per ...

OneAnswer FUM fall 20 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
ING Australia's flagship OneAnswer platform funds under management (FUM) fell by 20 per cent or around $3.7 billion to $14.2 billion over a six month period to March, according to ANZ's half year profit report. ING Australia posted a $47 million half-year ...

Pockets of income in property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
GDI Property Group notched a bargain when it purchased a CBD office centre known to Adelaide locals as the Black Stump - a landmark building that will underpin a new fund that promises a regular income distribution of at least 10 per cent per annum. ...

Mutual funds outperform instos

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
Mutual funds are beating their institutional counterparts with the former reporting almost 30 per cent less outflows during last year. According Callan Associates, institutional asset losses were "extensive" across 17 traditional equity and fixed income ...