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Great Southern shrinks as sales drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... seen the firm's management embark on a massive cost cutting exercise. David Ikin, communications manager of the listed company, confirmed the sales of Great Southern's managed investment scheme projects dipped to $315 million at the end of June - a $100 ...

Macq Life imports underwriting and claims head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... life insurance firm's, Discovery Life, and held the role of chief medical officer and head of underwriting within the company. Phillips began her career as a medical doctor and spent more than 17 years in the life insurance industry working as a medical ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... force data for June. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer inflation expectations for June is also due. In company news, thermal coal company APAC Coal lists. CSR Ltd holds its annual general meeting. United Group Ltd managing director Richard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... housing finance data for May and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their consumer sentiment index for July. In company news, Insurance Australia Group Ltd will hold an investor briefing. Yesterday, the Australian stock market fell to its lowest ...

Man Investments to launch $1.5b alt energy fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Man Investments is partnering with the Abu Dhabi government owned International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) to launch a new investment fund that aims to reduce global greenhouse gas output and invest in alternative energy projects. The MENA ...

Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... offshore investors, one of whom paid what now looks like a fortune for nothing more than an option to buy shares in the company. Now Challenger is making plans to give some of it back, by buying its own shares at drastically lower prices. Challenger ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... expectations survey for the September quarter. National Australia Bank Ltd releases its monthly business survey for June. In company news, Telstra Corporation Ltd group managing director public policy and communication Phil Burgess will address the American ...

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations. Westpac claims to be the first bank globally and the first Australian company to sign the mandate, which was officially launched by the UN Secretary-General last weekend. Kelly's participation could ...

New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... being used by terrorists, reduces risk and provides cost-effective compliance for investment managers and banks. Tech company Logica recently launched HotScan Plus - an automated transaction scanning software which delivers a set of new modules aimed ...

ING Aus appoints two senior Life Risk execs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... with ING Australia for over nine years including five years as chief actuary. The appointments follow a busy year for the company's Life Risk division. In the last 12 months, ING Australia launched OneCare Express, made a raft of upgrades to OneCare ...