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Fin services firms rally to aid Queensland

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... spokesperson for Suncorp Financial Planning said it is too early to comment on what impact the floods will have on Suncorp Life's financial planners. On a national level, members of the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) are offering free ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... top spot as Australia's biggest group insurer after clinching a $160 million contract with Sunsuper. AIA replaces Suncorp Life to provide death, disablement and income protection insurance cover to over one million members of the $15 billion-plus Sunsuper. ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co made a takeover bid for Perpetual two months ago, and last month Suncorp Life sold Tyndall Investments for around $128.5 million. Berkshire Capital president and chief executive, Bruce Cameron, said Australia's ...

HiPortfolio helps Suncorp adopt TOFA changes

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
Suncorp Life now supports the new Taxation of Financial Arrangements (TOFA) through its administration platform, HiPortfolio. HiPortfolio is TOFA-ready, following its recent multi-million dollar project completed in conjunction with the DST GS Advanced ...

Tyndall names head of retail

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... retail, less than a fortnight after Japan-based Nikko Asset Management bought the fund manager from its previous owner, Suncorp Life. Julius' new responsibilities will include managing key relationships at dealer group and practice levels, which Tyndall ...

Suncorp Life sells Tyndall to Nikko AM

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
Suncorp Life will sell Tyndall Investments in Australia and New Zealand to Japanese fund manager Nikko Asset Management for up to $128.5 million. Tyndall currently has $25 billion in assets under management, making it the 15th largest fund manager in ...

FSC appoints new chair

FSC ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... Pacific, Mercer, due to separate overseas commitments. Filling their roles are Geoff Summerhayes, chief executive, Suncorp Life, and Robin Burns, managing director, Equity Trustees. The Financial Services Council Board Chairman A, Peter Maher, Head of ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 in August 2010, with respondents reportedly feeling ...

Aussies fear super balances

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... Australians don't know how much they have in their super today than a year ago, research shows. The second annual Suncorp Life Attitudes to Superannuation in Australia Survey assessed consumers' concerns about having enough money to retire on and related ...

Suncorp buoyed by super and investments

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Suncorp Life, which covers the company's life insurance, superannuation, investment and asset management businesses, contributed $222 million to the group's bottom line, almost a third of the parent's total earnings. On a relative basis, the division ...