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Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... leveraging existing infrastructure; growing and establishing new long term distribution relationships such as with nib and Virgin Money; product innovation in the direct market space and consolidation of a number of legacy products. "We continue to see ...

Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... Australia secured a $600 million insurance deal with AustralianSuper, the firm has signed on a major partnership with Virgin Money to provide life insurance to the retail market. Richard Branson-backed Virgin Money is expanding its financial services ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... is cutting "unfair fees" charged to parents and same-sex partners with children on maternity and paternity leave. Virgin Money announced in a press statement that "Super Baby Break" will benefit an estimated 20 per cent of lesbian women and 10 per cent ...

Virgin Super eyes SME market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... financial planners specialising in small to medium enterprises (SME) to gain more inflows. Matt Baxby, chief executive at Virgin Money Australia, said the firm is committed to the local superannuation market despite dropping its credit card business ...

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Five former executives at Virgin Money, including former head Rohan Gamble, have resurfaced in a new online financial services outfit called Mozo. Mozo, short for Money Zone, allows consumers to compare financial products online, from credit cards to ...

Aviva expands Southern teams

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Aviva Australia has appointed ex-Virgin Money head of sales Craig Parker as state manager for Victoria and Tasmania and Melanie Alpar as senior sales manager. Parker will be responsible for driving the growth of business and heading up the business ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... energy public equity funds launched in 2007, including those from HSBC, F&C, Schroders, Deutsche Asset Management and Virgin Money. The IEA predicts US$20 trillion will be invested into alternative energy projects over the next 22 years.

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Virgin Money is the latest victim of the liquidity crisis in the financial markets, announcing yesterday that it will hand over its credit card portfolio and license its brand to Westpac for the next 14 months. Westpac will pay $39 million and Virgin ...

Macquarie shuts down US mortgage operation

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... mortgage borrowers and will continue to fund new loans for its most important wholesale partners - Aussie Home Loans and Virgin Money. The bank's securitisation funding vehicle, Puma, will continue to manage existing securitised loan portfolios. Macquarie ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... mortgage borrowers and will continue to fund new loans for its most important wholesale partners - Aussie Home Loans and Virgin Money. The head of Macquarie's banking and financial services group, Peter Maher, said the bank's mortgage portfolio was funded ...