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AIA tops life risk inflows chart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... competitors by a wide margin to record the largest percentage increases of overall life insurance risk market inflows, new research shows. AIA Australia enjoyed the highest percentage of inflow increases at 86.5 per cent for the 12 months to June, noted ...

Asian instos question external managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... strategies - but many appear to have lost faith in their relatively small lists of external asset managers, according to new research by Greenwich Associates. In terms of raw size, Asia's institutional asset base is huge: at more than US$5 trillion ...

Bond index returns beat active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Financial planners should rethink how they invest in Australian bonds after research found active managers underperformed the benchmark more than 94 per cent of the time over three and five years. The Vanguard study, which drew research from Standard ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... improve their health using tailored nutrition, exercise and lifestyle plans. The new program comes after Asteron's market research that indicated their clients are more likely to follow through with the plan if it can all be monitored online and in their ...

SuperChoice signs TOWER super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... fund can be as much as 500 to 1," he said. It also means that TOWER can reduce costs incurred due to human error with research suggesting that as much as 25 per cent of all manually processed transactions have to be re-worked due to mistakes when manually ...

ANZ recruits retirement specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... finances," said Louis Hawke, managing director, retail distribution at ANZ. ANZ's decision to launch this service comes after research into the banking needs of customers aged 50 and over, which found nearly half of respondents want their bank to play ...

Countdown to awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... highlights the top super funds in the Australia that have already earned the AAA SelectingSuper rating. The Rainmaker research team investigates super funds' administration, communication, investment returns and fees to compile a shortlist of the best ...

Rev mortgage market continues to grow

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... ensure seniors are aware of the product. "Industry can't do it itself, consumer groups have to be more diligent in their research and more considered in their reporting. I think regulators need to get on with introducing regulation since they announced ...

Ord Minnett appoints sales head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... Minnett's institutional clients in the emerging company sector, including its trading and execution capabilities, company research and capital raising activities. Wolff has 20 years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to heading BBY's ...

New tax code to drive Indian reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... the capital markets. The reforms could lead to strong savings growth for India's middle income households, according research from Mumbai-based Indian investment management house ASK Investment Managers. "The highlights [of the reforms will be] a drop ...