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Investec fund doubles portfolio in 12 months

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... investors, particularly those looking for a long term asset class to match their liability profile such as pension funds and insurance companies." In March 2011 the Fund completed a sale leaseback of a Boeing B737-800 aircraft on lease with Australia's ...

Former Count head of research joins Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... office this week. Aviva Investors is a global asset management business owned by Aviva plc, the world's fifth largest insurance group.

AXA elevates RACV for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... client base. Under the agreement, AXA advisers have the opportunity to access RACV's two million policyholders for life insurance. In return, RACV members could receive a five per cent discount on a range of AXA's insurance products, for the life of ...

Count Financial taps AMP for research exec

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... months since Griffith's departure. His role includes managing the approved product list for investment products and insurance offerings, product research for reviews, providing platform access to advisers and model portfolio creation. "Brendan is ideal ...

AFA unveils Adviser of the Year Award finalists

AFA MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... highly commended advisers are: Finalists: A, Chris Browne, Financial Design for Life, Victoria A, Jason Churchill, CCS Insurance Solutions, Queensland A, Jonathan Hoyle, Stanford Brown, New South Wales A, Peter Nonnenmacher, Macarthur Financial Planning ...

Bidding time for AMP

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... SA could still surprise everyone and go it alone, that might be too much of a bite to swallow for the Parisian-based insurance giant, which has been beleaguered by balance sheet issues and suffered a downgrade to its credit rating in March. "Given AMP ...

Australians up on luck, down on savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
A new report adds to mounting research that many Australians are ill-prepared for retirement with only one in 10 likely to have enough money to maintain their lifestyle once they quit the rat race. The Investment Trends September 2009 Retirement Income ...

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... able to advice members on choosing investment options within the fund, increasing voluntary contributions, buying life insurance within AvSuper and accessing super early under financial hardship rules. "We applied for this authorisation in response to ...

Suncorp names CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... director at Aviva plc, between 2005 and 2007. During this time he assisted in the $2.2 billion purchase and integration of RAC into Aviva. Aside from these roles, Snowball also worked at Towergate group of companies as deputy chair and chair. He has ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... the fast-growing Asian markets, AIG is even more dominant with market shares as high as 40 per cent. Australian life insurance regulatory and prudential structures have also ensured that AIG in Australia is separately constituted with all assets of AIG ...