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More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... of more troubled waters is the issue of depleting assets of insurance firms. "There isn't an insurance or reinsurance company that I'm aware of that hasn't had some impact from the depletion on their asset side... they've all been [affected] to a greater ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... was down $11.85, or 15.11 per cent, at $66.55. In the US overnight, stocks dived on growing global recession fears, grim company outlooks and falling oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 514.45 points, or 5.69, to 8,519.21. The broad Standard ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... National Oilwell Varco took a pummelling when its shareprice dropped from US$80 early this year to around $30. Yet this is a company which has no debt, a US$10.8 billion dollar backlog and a strong forecast FCF per share of $6 next year. Proof that the ...

PRI toolkit hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment analysis. It describes the layers of risk within each company to make it easier for investors to include ESG factors. The Global Compact Engager provides investors with the tools to meet ...

B&B in partnership talks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... expect the process to continue into the new year, said the firm. B&B has been hit hard by the market downturn, with the company's shares plunging around 94 per cent since the firm struggled to repay debt after a fall in its assets' values. B&B's shares ...

AMP taps Maple-Brown Abbott for Asian eq expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Jonathan Reoch as senior portfolio manager, Asian Equities. Prior to joining AMP, Reoch was at Maple-Brown Abbott where he was the Asian Regional Financials analyst, making stock calls on financial companies in the ...

MLC FUM falls, profits flat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... per cent to $32 million due to positive growth across its group insurance and protected loans businesses. MLC's parent company, NAB saw its net profit fall 0.9 per cent to $4.5 billion and its cash earnings drop 10.7 per cent to $3.9 billion over a one ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... of cleansing - otherwise known as a recession. There will be business failures, corporate takeovers and amalgamations, company restructurings, corporate debt reductions, reduced business investments and so on. But in time, what will emerge from all these ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... management, real estate and wholesale banking activities." Fubon Financial Holding is the third largest financial services company in Taiwan and is listed on the Taipei Stock Exchange. The deal is expected to transform its life insurance, creating the ...

Optimum hires RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... capabilities of the various providers in the Canadian marketplace, our management team concluded that RBC Dexia is the ideal company to deliver these investor services for our pooled funds," said Claude Lamonde, president of Optimum Asset Management. ...