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IRESS profit up 15%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... continue to experience strong levels of demand for IRESS solutions particularly in Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa," IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said. In Australia and New Zealand operating revenue and segment profit both increased ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... and improving regulations that limit competition in food markets, could lift nearly half a million people in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia alone out of poverty and collectively save households in these countries over A$930 million a year. At the same ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada, Turkey, and South Africa have meanwhile increased investment. McKinsey and Company said if the current trajectory of underinvestment continues ...

IOOF appoints direct equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
IOOF has appointed a head of direct equities. Previously a senior equities analyst in the IOOF advice research team, Elan Miller will now oversee IOOF's direct equities research capabilities. Prior to joining IOOF in 2015, Miller was a portfolio manager ...

TAL appoints GM Health Services

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
TAL has appointed an ex CommInsure executive as general manager health services in the hope of improving its customer experience through its medical and health capabilities. Sally Phillips will take on the newly created role and will be responsible ...

PPS launches life insurance mutual offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
South African financial services firm PPS has launched PPS Mutual in Australia, providing access to a retail life risk mutual offering. Under this model, select retail investors within particular professional fields (including medicine, accounting ...

CommInsure appoints life head from Macquarie

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
CommInsure has appointed a new head of life product and strategy. Sally Phillips will leave Macquarie Life, where she is divisional director and head of underwriting, claims and insurance proposition, to take on the role. Prior to Macquarie, she was ...

AMG to take Abax stake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... "The addition of Abax will enhance the diversity and breadth of AMG's existing product set, and from its base in South Africa, the firm is well-positioned to benefit from the region's outstanding growth prospects. "We have deep respect for the experience ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... (Business Dictionary.com). China should have left the digging and the mining to Australia and Brazil and Canada and South Africa et al and focused instead on producing products where it has comparative advantage, such as knock-offs (just kidding Pres ...

IRESS sees profit in wealth management

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... regulatory requirements. Australian wealth management performed strongly, and significant growth was delivered in South Africa," Walsh said. Operating revenue in the UK, excluding enterprise lending, was down 2% to UK$20.3 million compared to the first ...