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Suncorp names exec manager of life risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
Suncorp Life has appointed former Aviva general manager of distribution, Richard Bellis, as executive manager of life risk adviser solutions. Bellis worked as general manager of distribution at Aviva between 2006 and December 2009 and has held a number ...

RBC Dexia wins Superfund mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
RBC Dexia has won a mandate from managed futures fund provider Superfund to give fund administration, custody and shareholder registry services to five master and feeder funds marketed to Asian investors. "With Asia being a specific part of our growth ...

Mercer appoints investment consulting head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Mercer has named Graeme Mather as market business leader for its Investment Consulting arm in Australia and New Zealand. Mather will succeed Simon Eagleton who is relocating to Mercer's Singapore office soon after being promoted to the role of Asia ...

Discounted life cover at Asteron

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Everyone loves a discount - so planners looking to boost their clients' life cover can now ask them to look at Asteron, which is offering premium reductions under a new policy that rewards "good health". The Healthy Plus Option offers Asteron Lifeguard ...

Dixon to list corporate bond funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Service is seeking to list three of its corporate bond funds on the ASX. Alex MacLachlan, head of funds management at Dixon Advisory and a director of the funds, said it's very difficult for small investors to buy a portfolio ...

Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... director of Qantas Airways, Qantas Superannuation, Australian Rugby Union and as a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. McCullagh has 28 years experience in the governance of Commonwealth superannuation, and in the last seven years ...

GESB hires two investment strategists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
GESB has appointed former Citigroup executive Kate Budiselik and ex-Coronation Fund Managers portfolio manager Edwin Schultz as investment strategists. Budiselik and Schultz will be part of the investment team managing WA-based GESB's $10.4 billion ...

North gets S&P very strong rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has assigned its 'very strong' rating to the North Protected Retirement guarantee. According to a S&P's statement, the rating indicated the product was well designed for the needs of the retiree market while including downside protection ...

ING BDMs undergo training course

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
ING Australia business development managers (BDMs) will complete a Certificate IV in Practice Management over the next four months as part of the firm's new training and development program. The Certificate IV in Practice Management has been developed ...

SAP buys Sybase

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Sybase directors have backed a deal for SAP to buy the technology firm for a cash offer worth more than $7 billion in common stock. SAP's subsidiary, SAP America, has signed an agreement to buy Sybase, which means both companies clients' will be better ...