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Scheuber appointed QSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The $22 billion QSuper has appointed Bob Scheuber as chairman of the board, along with three new trustees. Scheuber is replacing Gerard Bradley, Queensland's under treasurer who retired from his position as chairman after serving on QSuper's board of ...

Suncorp re-names wealth division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... Summerhayes said the Suncorp Life business unit represented an embedded value of over $2 billion according to an independent assessment. "Reporting Suncorp Life's Embedded Value will give our stakeholders greater understanding of the intrinsic value ...

Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... high-profile fraud cases such as last year's Societe Generale's internal fraud showed the necessity for real time risk assessment. "If you look at the failures of risk management in the organisation, obviously there's been a number of them that stem ...

AIG Life takes education online

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... to complete which allows employees to learn during lunch break. Employees can also test their knowledge by an online assessment. "We've developed the learning centre together with the 30 year life insurance veteran Geoff Street, a regular participant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... little changed in thin trading with the London and US markets closed. Shares initially sank, dragged down by a mixed assessment from German businesses and auto sector weakness. Germany's DAX index closed down 0.3 of a point at 4,918.45 points. PARIS ...

ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... crisis and continue to grow. Healthy financial sectors and large domestic markets are the main reasons behind this assessment. Rob Drijkoningen, head of global emerging markets at ING Investment Management, said China's fall in exports has affected the ...

New fin planning chief at UniSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... heading a new team of financial planners to be located throughout Australia, as well as a national phone-based Financial Assessment Centre. According to UniSuper, the in-house financial planning service will complement UniSuper's existing Graduated Advice ...

PIS partners with health advisory service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has aligned with medical organisation Health Predictions in a joint venture to provide specialist medical assessments for large sums assured and high net worth clients. The new service is designed to arrange specialist ...

APRA not interested in exec pay levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... Member, speaking at the 2009 Remuneration Forum last month said, "APRA does not see itself as the guardian of any public assessment of whether pay levels themselves in some organisations are judged to be too high." However, the regulator will monitor ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... for investors, particularly the more poorly informed, is that indices create the illusion of certainty regarding an assessment of firms' governance quality, when in reality [it] is quite muddy." The paper however acknowledges that governance indices ...