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10 per cent of companies churn banks each year

Banking analyst East & Partners has just reported that Australia's major companies are increasingly shopping around for the best financial deal with bank churn rates jumping 28 per cent during the year. According to the report, 'Australia's Top 500 ...

S&P rates Advance's MIR managed funds as very strong.

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given Advance Asset Management's new MIR-Managed funds a 'very strong' rating. S&P fund analyst Veronica Gullo says, "We assess MIR's sector capabilities in Australian shares as very strong." Gullo says MIR has demonstrated ...

ASGARD consolidates SMA funds

ASGARD is implementing a number of significant improvements to their SMA default portfolios that they use in the $1.4 billion ASGARD Employee Super Account. The changes will see the SMA funds consolidate from 23 single manager funds to six multi-manager ...

New underwriter for IUS

... first senior underwriters to become involved with the EBA linked Income Protection product in its early days, which is a major market segment dominated by IUS. Previously, Wayne was a consultant to American Home Assurance. He has also worked with the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2005
... Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was eight points firmer at 4422. On the day there are still some major companies reporting, despite the climax of the earnings season yesterday, with Suncorp Metway, Sims Group, Caltex, Smorgon ...

AXA primed for strong growth

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2005
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd expects to grow faster than its major financial services rivals in Australia for the foreseeable future. The life insurance and wealth management group surprised the market with a better than expected half-yearly net profit ...

Western Pacific buys more of MMC and Select

... the group's venture capital business. Pritchard also foreshadowed the group's plans for the insurance sector. "The next major initiative in our growth plan will involve leveraging our scale in the insurance business and finding a partner who can assist ...

Weekly economic roundup

... Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Wage Price Index were among the major statistics released last week. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity rose by 2.9 per cent in the ...

Hesta boosts voluntary contributions by over 50%

Industry fund Hesta super has reported a double increase in voluntary contributions from its members with the majority received from women. "Hesta put a lot of energy into educating members about the benefits of voluntary contributions particularly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2005
... performance from base metals will again give the local bourse some support from the resources sector. On Friday, both of the major local indices beat Thursday's closing records with continuing positive investor sentiment and an overnight surge in the ...