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MFS morphs into GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
MFS Diversified Limited has been renamed to GEO Property Group as security holders yesterday gave the green light for a name swap. The firm flagged the change last month in a bid to distance itself from it's troubled listed business, MFS Limited. "This ...

AXA online gets thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
AXA's new electronic application system has been met with an optimistic response from its advisers - putting the firm a step closer to ramping up its presence in the life insurance sphere. Recently establishing "Vision 2012", a goal that aims to propel ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Global index firm FTSE Group has chosen to wage its own battle against terrorism by launching a new terror-free index. FTSE has teamed up with terror-free investment screening house Conflict Securities Advisory Group to launch the FTSE CSAG Terror-Free ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slid as investors sold off financial shares on fears that funding for leveraged buyouts could dry up and hurt bank profits. Base metals were up in London. At 0702 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Zurich's timely insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Zurich is looking to up its stake in the life risk insurance playing field as it launches "Select Term" insurance, which breaks insurance in manageable chunks of 5,10 and 15 years. Zurich claims its Select Term product is created to "to provide certainty ...

AXA to invest $30m in life insurance

AXA Australia plans to invest more than double each year into its life insurance business to move from its position as a sixth rank provider to one of the top three in the sector. In previous years, AXA invested around $3 million to $5 million each ...

Superfund Group pans for Australian gold

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
Global managed futures fund specialist, Superfund Group, is extending its operations down under to tap into the local demand for alternative investments and commodities. "It could not be better timing for us to expand our product offering to Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Australian stocks remained firmly in the black at noon after the US Federal Reserve's 75 basis point interest-rate cut and solid results from two major investment banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 156.1 points, or 3.07 per cent ...

St George appoints margin lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
St George Group has appointed David Curry to general manager of margin lending. Curry was previously St George head of payment solutions and held positions at Westpac, Rothchilds Australia Asset Management and Ernst & Young before joining the bank three ...

Scrap $5bn super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Warren Chant of Chant West said super funds with $5 billion or less "should not be in existence", but others are calling his claims over the top. Heated debates on the role of fund ratings firms at yesterday's CMSF conference saw Chant ply the notion ...