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Three funds top Lonsec Ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... managers were the norm. This trend has flowed through to 2008, with investment personnel waving goodbye to their positions at ING, AMP, Deutsche/Aberdeen, Colonial First State, Challenger and Goldman Sachs JBWere. "Staff turnover is less prevalent in ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
ING sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Fubon Financial Holding for a consideration equivalent to $850 million. The Dutch financial institutions will be paid in shares and subordinated debt securitie of Fubon Financial Holding. As a result ...

AFA nominates 2008 Rising Star

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... will be judged in four key areas: provision of advice, business acumen, community service and industry service. Mark Vilo, ING Australia head of dealer groups, said that the award is about promoting best practice. "These awards provide an opportunity ...

Cuscal names MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... and legal service business, Espreon, where he was managing director since 2004. Kennedy was also head of direct banking at ING and has held a number of senior positions at Advance Bank Australia, the State Bank of New South Wales and Monster Worldwide. ...

Perpetual appoints Haramis

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... he was the head of advisory and risk at ANZ Private Bank, and before this he was the managing director of RetireInvest, an ING owned business. As at June 30 2008, Perpetual Private Clients had approximately $7.7 billion of funds under advice. Perpetual ...

Suncorp ripe for the picking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... carry a substantial surplus capital and noted it is in high level, exploratory discussions with Suncorp. AXA Australia and ING Australia could not be reached for comment.

Aussies fear online fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Care to seek online financial advise or arrange a credit card via the Internet? No thanks, says nearly 4.2 million Australians. New research from Datamonitor show that Australian consumers are divided regarding online financial services. Around 27 per ...

SWIFT fast tracks insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Messaging platform giant SWIFT has inked a deal with some of the largest insurers and reinsurers in the world that will enable insurers, brokers and reinsurers move from paper-based admin processing to an automated format using a standardised industry ...

Super cushions local asset managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... arm, Australian managers such as NAB-owned MLC, Commonwealth Bank-owned Colonial First State and ANZ's joint venture with ING, are all "safe", according to banking analysts. "Australian banks are not in the same position as the US and European banks...Commonwealth ...

Getting the right mix

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
Diversification is a buzzword used by super funds, financial planners and fund managers to make money in volatile markets - but exploiting diversity has to start with picking the right manager from the outset, said an industry expert. While in theory ...