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NAB/Aviva deal fuels insurance shake-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... Combined, the two firms would have reported nearly a 16 per cent market share compared with CommInsure Group's 14.7 per cent. Simon Solomon, managing director of Plan for Life, said today's announcement could have an "unfortunate effect" of tightening ...

Swanson leaves CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Simon Swanson is leaving the Commonwealth Bank of Australia after 30 years at the bank and four and a half years at the helm of CommInsure. Under his tenure, CommInsure became one of the largest insurers in Australia with inforce premiums of $1.5 billion ...

S&P rates former CS funds 'four stars'

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Standard & Poor's assigned five former Credit Suisse international equity funds a 'four stars' rating after the funds shifted to Aberdeen Asset Management's model portfolio. The ratings upgrade comes after Aberdeen Asset Management confirmed the funds ...

Active manager mandates to increase: Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... with active managers to capture the one-off abnormal returns coming out of stockmarkets as they switch into recovery mode. Simon Eagleton, principal at Mercer, is advising clients where appropriate to increase their allocation to active managers to reap ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... funds detail insurance fees in member's statements but the insurance premium is not counted in standard fee comparisons. Simon Swanson, managing director at CommInsure, said that the IT systems are already in place where advisers can dial down commissions ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... Vanguard is incentivising companies because capital is directed to those that outperform based on carbon efficiency, said Simon Thomas, chief executive of Trucost. The fund's initiative follows the launch of the second UN PRI progress report from Colonial ...

Insurance shopping goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... opinion that financial advisers are playing an increasingly paramount role in guiding clients through the life insurance maze. Simon Swanson, managing director of CommInsure, flags that financial advisers remained one of its key distribution channels ...

S&P retains 'five stars' rating on Capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Standard & Poor's has kept the 'five stars' rating on the Capital International Global Equities fund. The firm previously rated the fund 'five stars' but the fund needed to be re-rated after a change in distribution partners. The fund was previously ...

Lutheran Super appoints CPG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... & Advisory in October last year. The combined firm had around $11 billion of assets under advice at the time of merger. Simon Ibbetson, was appointed managing director while Counterpoint partner, John Parrish, was appointed consulting following the merger. ...

Intech signs deal with Suncorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... number of key personnel in November last to improve Intech Investment's performance, he said. These appointments included Simon Elimelakh as head of strategy, Matthew Tuxford as portfolio manager (Equities and Property) and Alicia Tuxford as senior analyst ...