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US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Top US institutional investors are expected to allocate more than 22 per cent of their overall portfolios to alternative assets in two years, well above their historic average of single digit allocation, a new survey found. JPMorgan Asset Management's ...

Record intake for MLC adviser program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
MLC's Adviser Scholarship Program received a record number of applications for its latest intake, which starts this month. The program is designed to help financial planning practices grow their business and provide a structured career path to new advisers. ...

Nicholas Applegate ramps up global strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
US-based investment firm Nicholas-Applegate is banking on its global select, global equity and emerging markets strategies to lure business from Australian clients. The diversified global investment company has confirmed that it is going to focus on ...

Avanteos offers defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
Avanteos has ramped up its platform features by adding term deposits to its existing range of defensive investments. Avanteos' new additions follow adviser and client demand for more competitive defensive investments as market volatility continues to ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Improving longevity means insurance will need to cover individuals while they are still alive - not when they die, delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual ...

AXA online gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
AXA's new electronic application system has been met with an optimistic response from its advisers - putting the firm a step closer to ramping up its presence in the life insurance sphere. Recently establishing "Vision 2012", a goal that aims to propel ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
Mortgage managers and originators say they are taking the news of Macquarie Bank's decision to quit the mortgage market in their stride, insisting they had multiple funding sources and could replace the Macquarie funding without feeling any impact on ...

Garnaut Review heralds an economic revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Climate change to date has largely just been a political weapon but the Garnaut Climate Change Review presents a picture that could revolutionise how Australia's economy operates. The first challenge to conventional thinking is that despite Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today as Wall Street gained ground on Friday. Base metal prices were mostly weaker in London, however, which could cap gains. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Zurich ramps up sales

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed two senior sales executives to its investments team. Kristine Wade has been appointed national sales manager, investments, and will bring over 12 years sales experience in the financial services sector ...