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Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... principal. "This segment of wealth management sector looks set for some big changes over the medium to long term." Laura Halbert, ING Australia marketing and communications manager, said technology and more efficient functionality are paramount to getting ...

FSP and Oasis sign admin deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... of the strength and service commitment of Avanteos' management and staff. FSP is a 145-strong adviser network acquired by ING Australia in December last year. Oasis is a fast growing platform with over $4.5 billion in funds under management. Its principal ...

Ex-UBS director joins Integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... development. Shaw most recently spent a year in a similar role in Aspen Group. Prior to that, he headed similar positions at AXA and ING. Shaw has a Bachelor of Arts from Manchester University and a Diploma in Financial Services. Integrity Investment ...

Have coffee, will iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... 'Today is different' tagline. Then in December, BGI sponsored a 40-foot catamaran, which was on display at Sydney Harbour. ING Direct, St George, Suncorp and Macquarie Bank also employ Eat Media for part of their advertising strategy. An ING Direct spokesperson ...

Perpetual value in retirement : SelectingSuper

... said the group in a report. Also in the top 10 of the SelectingSuper tables were OneAnswer's Sustainable Investment option, ING Select Leaders and CFSI Australian Share. CitySuper's Australian Shares and Socially Responsible Investments options, and ...

AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... Rosengren, moved to head of individual life. Prior to this position, Bergin worked as head of Employee Superannuation Sales at ING and national distribution manager of Business Superannuation at Asgard Wealth Solutions. Bergin said AXA needed to maintain ...

From PDS doorstoppers to digests

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
In line with new government rules calling for shorter product disclosure statements, ING Australia has reduced the size of its PDSs for OneAnswer and OneCare products by 33 per cent. In August last year, the Federal Government legislated PDSs could ...

India to ban food futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Growing fears that hedge funds and arbitrage markets are playing a disproportionate role in driving up soft commodity prices is prompting the Indian government to consider a ban on food futures. The comments by the Indian government's finance minister ...

ING buys Citistreet for $960m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
ING Group has acquired admin services giant Citistreet, owned by Citi and State Street, for a whopping $960 million in cash. Established in 2000, Citistreet was previously half owned each by Citigroup and State Street Corporation. The business provides ...

Pentafin recruits ex-Macq head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... where Pentafin comes in," said Ascalon's chief executive Nick Basile in an earlier interview. Among Pentafin's clients are ING, Portfolio Partners and Australian Unity Investments.