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Aviva UK restructures insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
UK-based Aviva is restructuring its business to bring its life and general insurance businesses closer together to benefit from the company's scale. The new structure means both the life and general insurance businesses in the UK will have a shared ...

Clearing house model to be multi competitive: Tsy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Treasury's release of draft legislation for the superannuation clearing house signals that while the government appointed Medicare as the small business clearing house, it expects multiple clearing houses to be operating in the market. "[It will] allow ...

Former AIG asset management renames

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
American International Group's (AIG) former asset management and investment advisory business that was sold off has been renamed PineBridge Investments. The New York-based firm will provide alternative investments, listed equity and fixed income services ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Thanks again. Well ok, just a small thank you perhaps. I don't know about you Virginia, but usually during days like these when the planets align - good economic data releases - Wall Street ramps it up, not the paltry less than half a per cent hop it ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
LUV is the word. Yes, LUV is gradually becoming the flavour of the financial markets these days. But what is LUV? No, it is not the SMS version of the 'I heart you' variety'. LUV stands for the path of global economic growth. Just last week the Organisation ...

Bans and charges for advisers: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
ASIC has embarked on a major crackdown on "advisers" who have broken the law - including those linked with Westpoint, and SMSF and agribusiness specialists. ASIC has banned Craig Gerard Dangar, of New South Wales, from providing financial services for ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Australian shares are likely to slump on Friday after US equities fell on a stronger dollar and more signs of a subdued US economic recovery. Metals prices were higher, but the oil price fell. At 0654 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December ...

AMP extends Super Easy to employer market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
AMP Financial Services is looking to boost its superannuation footprint, extending its Flexible Lifetime Super Easy product to the employer market. The AMP Flexible Lifetime Super Easy - Employer product is targeted at small to medium employers. The ...

Giant leap for super advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
Seven of the country's largest fund managers, including AMP, BT and CFS, have ratified a bold, new IFSA Superannuation Charter - heralding a new culture where consumers, not the planners, dictate the fees paid on superannuation advice. More than 135 ...

Life insurance from $1 a day

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
ING Australia has launched EasyProtect, a range of life and income protection insurance that offers comprehensive cover for less than $1 a day, which can be purchased online or over the phone. "With EasyProtect, ING Australia is providing a range of ...