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Adviser search leads to AFS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Financial advisers searching for independence and a better equity deal in the business are switching dealer groups to Australian Financial Services, according to Peter Daly, chief executive and managing director at the dealer group. Daly said the group's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) plans to conduct a tender for $700 million of the November 2012 bond line. In company news, first half results are due from Woolworths Ltd, AGL Energy Ltd, Crown Ltd and Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. QBE ...

Britten exits BlackRock

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Will Britten, head of BlackRock Australia, is leaving the firm mid year while Damien Frawley has been appointed his successor. In a press statement, Britten announced that he will be leaving the firm in order to rebalance his work and home commitments. ...

OAMPS hires former AXA manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
OAMPS Insurance Brokers has appointed former state manager of Victoria and Tasmania at AXA Australia, Michael Meysztowicz, as general manager of the firm's life division. Prior to his role as state manager, Meysztowicz managed AXA's Discovery program ...

Sanlam enters Australian market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
One of South Africa's largest listed financial services groups, Sanlam, has entered a joint venture in Australia to form Calibre Investments, a Sydney-headquartered wealth management business. Sanlam's private client arm has entered the JV. Calibre ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... per cent of each of the real estate partnerships. Figures from Harvard's full year report in September noted that the company had lost over 27 per cent for the year to 30 June. "Clearly, the last year was a difficult one for Harvard as it was for almost ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Advisers (AFA), in association with Plan for Life, has announced the winners of this year's AFA/Plan for Life 2009 Life Company of the Year Awards. It was certainly the year for CommInsure, which took not just the Platinum Life Company Award but also ...

Schroders appoints UBS director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed former UBS director, Jasmin Argyrou, to the Australian fixed income team as fund manager. This appointment increases the size of the Australian team to nine. In her new role at Schroders, Argyrou ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... expenditure through calendar 2010. The ABS also releases Average Weekly Time Earnings data for the December quarter. In company news, first half results are due from Insurance Australia Group Ltd, REA Group Ltd, Perpetual Ltd, IOOF Holdings Ltd, Downer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... Trent Muller said a number of factors were pulling the market back, including lower prices for base metals, some mixed company earnings results, stocks trading ex-dividend, and a weaker market in Japan. "But it's mostly resources (weighing upon the market) ...