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Wiki me happy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... information over a viral medium like YouTube or Wikis can potentially breach consumer privacy or trigger lawsuits. Dave Dutch, a US-based senior executive at Vignette who was in Sydney last week, said that the key is to tailor social networking sites ...

ING offloads Taiwan life insurance for $850m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Fubon Financial Holding for a consideration equivalent to $850 million. The Dutch financial institutions will be paid in shares and subordinated debt securitie of Fubon Financial Holding. As a result ING ...

Europe pension assets on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... highlighted in the report was an update on two of Europe's power funds - the Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, and the Dutch civil service pension fund ABP. "The Norwegian petroleum fund that has been deployed as a financing fund to underwrite ...

ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... operations in other countries in central and eastern Europe we will able to make a swift and efficient start." The global Dutch financial institution has had a presence in the Ukraine since 1994, providing leasing and wholesale banking service. Last ...

UBS taps into Dutch wealth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Global investment bank UBS and independent Dutch high net wealth manager, VermogensGroep are joining forces to create one of the largest wealth management firms in the Netherlands. VermogensGroep's core business includes investment management, monitoring ...

ING buys into Turkish pension market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Global Dutch financial institution ING Group purchased Turkey's first and only voluntary pension fund, Oyak Emeklilik for $180 million to tap into the country's pension market. Previously owned by OYAK Group and established in 2003, Oyak Emeklilik has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... capital raising to fund acquisitions in Egypt. Beach last traded at $1.67. Arrow Energy soared 57 cents to $3.90 after Royal Dutch Shell plc, Europe's largest oil company, formed a $776 million alliance with the coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... are GASB 50 compliant, its coverage has been extended to include detailed investment market valuations for their assets. Dutch clients are now able to gauge the impact of extreme market events or "shock test" their quarterly reports in line with the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... 1.70 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 2,426.10. LONDON - UK stocks ended flat as forecast-beating results from BP and Royal Dutch Shell offset weakness in miners and banks. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,089.4 points, down 1 or 0.02 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... and our foreign trading countries." Professor Fischer said the paradox is akin to the problem identified in 1977 as the Dutch Disease, a term developed by The Economist magazine "to describe the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Netherlands ...