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MFS buys 40 per cent of Vantage

... Richard Lourey said that their investment will inject further capital onto VPEG so that it can move to its next stage of development and begin its investment program. "We are confident VAM has the necessary skills and experience to ensure the continued ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... resource stocks, with BHP Billiton shedding 90 cents to $27.03 despite reporting that it had acquired an oil and gas development in the Gulf of Mexico. Rival miner Rio Tinto slumped $2.71 cents to $77.75. US crude oil futures ended more than a dollar ...

Banks take a softly, softly approach to electronic banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... person attaching a digital signature at the other end is the right person." Westpac has taken a leading role in the development of electronic communication with customers. Twelve months ago the bank started offering customers an e-statement for their ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus would be on maintaining excellent service to AIG ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... share average booked its lowest close in a month, slipping 0.11 percent as property firms such as Sumitomo Realty & Development continued to slide from multi-year highs hit last month. The Nikkei finished down 17.17 points at 16,198.57, its lowest close ...

AFS begins restructure

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... their businesses," said Daly. As the first step in the restructure Dani Peer has been appointed head of strategic development. Peer's brief is to work with management to devise long term strategic goals, processes and solutions to improve the profitability ...

ESSB rounds out executive team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer and a new general manager of marketing and business development. Anthony Rodwell-Ball has left AustralianSuper to take up the role of chief financial officer while Michelle Boucher leaves ...

Rate rise drives home loan innovation

... environment". "This increased competition among lenders may drive an improvement in service levels, as well as the development of new product features designed to deliver a competitive advantage," he said. "A good example is the introduction of 100 per ...

Ord Minnett adds to private client team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... Tony Board also joins Ord Minnett as a private client adviser, leaving his role with Westpac where he was national development manager for the financial planning team. Karl Morris, managing director and chief executive officer, said the new appointments ...

Macq Wrap to roll-out STP for FP software providers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Macquarie Adviser Services has announced its intention to roll-out straight-through processing (STP) capabilities between Macquarie Wrap and leading financial planning software products XPLAN, VisiPlan and its own Coin Software. The developments should ...