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BOQ buys St Andrews insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Bank of Queensland has bought St Andrew's Insurance from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The deal means Bank of Queensland to buy the consumer credit insurance and life insurance products that St Andrews distributes. St Andrew's has a annual gross ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... Federal Court in relation to its attempt to split into two companies. On February 3, Justice Margaret Stone blocked the company's proposed split of its sugar and renewable energy business from the group's building products and aluminium operations due ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... CSC is the first Australian-owned CRA to obtain an Australian Financial Services License to provide credit ratings. The company joins the ranks of Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, as CRAs licensed by ASIC. CSC general manager ...

SEC launches derivatives review

SEC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... staff will explore a number of issues relating to the investment strategy and the regulations imposed by the Investment Company Act of 1940 including whether funds that rely on derivatives have appropriate risk management procedures in place. The review ...

Morningstar buys Aegis

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Morningstar Australasia has agreed to buy Aegis Equities Research from its holding company. Aegis Equities Research was founded in 1999 and services institutions, financial advisers and retail clients. The firm has a web-based research platform that ...

Outback stake on Westscheme radar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... become a minority shareholder of RM Williams Agricultural Holdings after one of the fund's investments folded into the company. Howard Rosario, chief executive of the $2.9 billion Westscheme became a shareholder of the firm when one of its investments ...

MLC appoints head of onsale advice product

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
MLC Insurance has appointed former Allianz Life executive, Meredith Barnes, to the role of head of onsale advice product. Barnes will be responsible for ensuring the MLC Personal Protection Portfolio and the Aviva Protection First insurance product ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... 25 June 2010, and $300 million of Treasury notes maturing on 13 August 2010 In equities news, Brickworks Ltd and parent company Washington H. Soul Pattinson release first half results on Thursday. The liquidator's examination of the directors of the ...

New website for Macquarie advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Macquarie Adviser Services has launched a new adviser website as part of a tech initiative for intermediaries to help them improve their business. The head of Macquarie Adviser Services, Tony Graham, said the portal was part of a staged program to provide ...

BUSS(Q) hires advice and contributions manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Queensland fund BUSS(Q) has hired Damien Simonfi and David Southwood to fill two newly created positions of financial advice manager and contributions arrears manager. BUSS(Q) has appointed Southwood as financial advice manager. Southwood will focus ...