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Allianz wins top insurance award

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Allianz has won the award for Life Insurance Product of the Year at the 2012 Australian Banking and Finance (AB+F) Awards. The awards, held on Thursday at The IVY in Sydney, are Australia's premier insurance accolades with the winners chosen by an independent ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... we question, the appropriateness of FWA making decisions with respect to the selection of superannuation funds in modern awards." Up until now the FWA has been running the system, and Fox said that to this point it has not worked. "It is difficult for ...

AFA conference boasts biggest turnout in 20 years

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... event there will also be six concurrent breakout streams that support the main programme. In addition, the four AFA Annual awards - Rising Star, Excellence in Education, Female Excellence in Advice - will be disbursed throughout the event culminating ...

AFA announces finalists

STAFF REPORTER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced six finalists in its 2012 Adviser of the Year awards. This year Victoria boasts the lion's share of finalists with Jenny Brown of JBS Financial Strategists, Dennis Jones of Beacon Wealth and ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund received double honours at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards last night, winning awards for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered ...

ipac securities awards Bennelong $700m mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
ipac securities has awarded a $700 million equity mandate to Bennelong Australian Equity Partners, after a review of its manager composition in the Australian share sector. Following the review, ipac securities have transitioned the sector portfolio ...

ipac securities awards Vinva $1.2bn mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
ipac securities has awarded Vinva Investment Management a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate, following a detailed review of its manager composition in the Australian share sector. ipac's decision to award Vinva this mandate follows breaking ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... alternative unlisted MySuper product. The Government is supporting the selection of default funds for inclusion in modern awards to be undertaken by the expert panel within Fair Work Australia (FWA) and rejects the right to unilateral employer choice ...

Sunsuper expands nationally

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... the campaign has been designed to position Sunsuper outside the pack with a particular focus on its Fund of the Year 2012 awards and other differentiating factors."

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... yesterday heard the motion from Rhiannon, who wants Parliamentary support for a review and possible withdrawal of environmental awards previously given to Westpac via the Banksia Environmental Foundation, which administers the Prime Minister's environmental ...