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Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

Annuity and insurance heavyweights took centre stage at the Plan For Life / AFA Life Company of the Year 2007 Awards held in Sydney yesterday. CommInsure won the two top accolades, 2007 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award and the 2007 Annuity Provider ...

UBS Aus equities will deliver: Shields

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
UBS has completed its Australian equities team restructure after appointing analysts Jeremy Bendiech and Shane Fitzgerald to the group. These appointments follow the departure of Paul Fiani and four senior members of the firm's Australian equities team ...

Toolsets by managers, for managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Global fund management software provider, Impact Investing, builds a strong case on how fund managers can improve their returns and showcase their investment process much easier to prospective investors. Enda Mahoney, the group's new managing director ...

Wikis may be working for Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The arrival of Gail Kelly at the helm of Westpac may accelerate the bank's adoption of "Web 2.0" tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks, allowing staff to share information freely and collaborate online. The bank already has around 1000 user ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Rage and accusations are now rearing their ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon ...

AMP posts 47pc growth in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
AMP has announced solid full year cashflows for 2007, including a whopping 47 per cent growth in its financial services business, which includes the firm's retail and wholesale superannuation divisions. AMP's underlying profit increased 10 per cent ...

SEQUAL calls for better RM literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Reverse mortgage peak body, SEQUAL, is calling for government support to educate retirees on the benefits of reverse mortgages after a survey revealed 60 per cent of retirees do not understand them. Retail Finance Intelligence (RFI) interviewed 1000 ...

Right advice delivers $1.7m

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Quantifying the actual value of professional financial advice is no simple feat, but the latest case studies by the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) found eight Australians reaped a total $1.7 million in savings and profits with the ...

Manchester Unity moves to life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
Manchester Unity and MetLife Insurance have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy, Simple Life, which includes up to $1 million in death and terminal illness cover. Designed exclusively for Manchester Unity members, Simple Life, includes ...

Asia Pac equities in the red

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
The recent declines in Asian equities may have opened a myriad of investment opportunity windows globally, but investors should adopt a cautious approach to avoid being stung by poor quality investments. Following the recent declines in Asian equities ...