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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... ramped up the costs so far of its oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico to 2.35 billion dollars (1.9 billion euros). The company's stock collapsed by almost nine per cent in mid-morning trading to plumb a low of 296 pence on the London Stock Exchange ...

PIS names new chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... will remain in his role as chief executive of the parent group, Professional Investment Holdings. A statement from the company noted he will concentrate on the three-year business plan of developing and realising emerging growth opportunities for the ...

Australians frustrated with fin companies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... insurance, new research shows. A survey of 702 respondents by RightNow found that nearly 1 in 3 people dealing with a finance company in Australia had a poor customer experience - making it the third worst industry in this category. Worst still, 2 in ...

Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... mandate to be invested in its Guaranteed Index Return product, bringing the total guaranteed product sales for the life company to an estimated $2.15 billion this financial year. Stuart Barton, head of marketing and communications at Challenger, confirmed ...

FIIG opens corporate bonds to planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Fixed-income broker FIIG Securities has launched a new service that lets planners access corporate bonds for their clients that have traditionally been the preserve of banks, fund managers and the ultra wealthy. The new DirectBonds service lets investors ...

Broking firms back Suncorp update

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... continues to provide group insurance business. "It follows Patrick Snowball's [chief executive of Suncorp] vision of one company, many brands. It's really opened up those databases and relationships to us," said Summerhayes. "When we asked customers ...

Don't limit adviser choice: Synchron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Synchron has renewed calls for firms to not limit advisers to a 'tight' list of platforms, products or risk providers to chase volume bonuses. In a press release, Synchron said it was not in advisers or their clients' best interest to artificially limit ...

NY firm defrauds billion dollar CDOs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... which invested primarily in mortgage-backed securities. ICP's affiliated broker-dealer ICP Securities LLC and its parent company Institutional Credit Partners LLC also are charged in the SEC's complaint. More than a billion dollars of trades for the ...

Allegro unveils second PE fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Emerging Australian private equity investor, Allegro Private Equity, has launched a new fund to raise more than $200 million, targeting smaller mid-market private equity opportunities emerging in the post-GFC environment. According to a press statement ...

Telstra Super appoints Leggo as chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
One of Australia's largest corporate super funds, Telstra Super, has appointed former AvSuper chairman David Leggo as its new independent chairman. Leggo starts on 1 July and has been appointed for a term of three years. The former long-serving chair ...