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New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... they intend to use the figures as a benchmark - along with Government figures, reinsurance data and their own internal company tables - to assess premium rates and charges for consumers. For example, ING Australia has been working with the institute ...

Asset Super tops up direct property

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Top performing super fund Asset Super is increasing its exposure to unlisted property, after investing another $16 million into Lend Lease funds. The $1 billion-plus Asset Super, following a recommendation from its asset consultant, Mercer, recently ...

Investment managers gain fraud insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... can provide] five primary insuring clauses bundled in any combination, which includes Directors & Officers Liability, Company Reimbursement, Entity Securities, Professional Liability and Crime." However, it does not insure against incorrect trades or ...

Veitch wins top AXA adviser award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Michelle Veitch of MAP Financial Strategies in South Australia has won the Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy, AXA's top gong at its national annual adviser awards. MAP has two practices, one in Adelaide's CBD, which trades as Business and Investment Consultants ...

UniSuper extends Bravura mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Tech firm Bravura Solutions has extended its existing contract with UniSuper to licence Bravura's ePASS solution to employers. UniSuper is the industry super fund for Australia's higher education and research sector. The deal will see Bravura deploy ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... royalty levies distorts orderly investment and should be replaced by higher taxes on profits with the revenues used to lower company taxes. They persuaded the government so successfully that their tax proposal is now set to be presented to Parliament ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... market dynamics and global economic fundamentals and re-think underlying risks. Current market dynamics is positive - company earnings are rising and beating market expectations and interest rates remain low. The global backdrop is positive - even in ...

INGIM senior portfolio manager resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... senior portfolio manager within the multi-manager team of ING Investment Management has resigned from his post, leaving the company next month after 12 years to join another funds management firm. Mehmet, who leaves the firm on 25 June, has been with ...

Hermes appoints ex-Fortis chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Hermes Fund Managers has appointed former Fortis Investments chief executive, Ian Manton-Hall, as director, Hermes Fund Managers Australia. Manton-Hall joins Hermes from Fortis Investments (previously ABN Asset Management), where he was CEO, Australia. ...

AMP hires senior portfolio

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
AMP Capital Investors has appointed former ipac senior investment manager, Van Athukorala, to the newly-created role of senior portfolio manager, Future Directions Funds. Athukorala will focus on large and small cap Australian equities and international ...