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CommInsure appoints head of wholesale risk dist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
CommInsure has promoted Mark Woodward, executive manager of retail banking services distribution, to head of wholesale risk distribution. Woodward's appointment is effective immediately. He was previously executive manager of retail banking services ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Thanks again. Well ok, just a small thank you perhaps. I don't know about you Virginia, but usually during days like these when the planets align - good economic data releases - Wall Street ramps it up, not the paltry less than half a per cent hop it ...

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
While Wall Street looks far, far ahead on when its central bank would announce its first interest rate hike, Australians have only three weeks to go before they might see another one. With only a fortnight and a week to go, speculation have been ebbing ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
The US has teamed up with Egypt in one of the largest crackdowns on cyber fraud - resulting in 100 people linked to an international "phishing" operation charged for trying to defraud American banks. According to a press statement from the Federal Bureau ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The global financial crisis wiped out nearly $20 trillion from the assets of the world's top 500 fund managers, new research found. Funds managed by the world's largest 500 fund managers fell by over 23 per cent last year to US$53.4 trillion ($60 trillion) ...

Today is the International Day of Older Persons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
By lunchtime today Australia's population is expected to break through 22 million, there are 2.7 million Australians over the age of 65 and today is the International Day of Older Persons. This year sees the tenth anniversary of the day, first proclaimed ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
Be scared...be very scared. Yes, the spooks were out again overnight, sending many investors out of Wall Street. Have the bulls been sucked in? Have the bulls become greater fools? While we were sleeping, the S&P 500 tumbled by 3.1 per cent, taking ...

ING IM backs Asian bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
Bond managers may need to review their allocation to Asian debt after ING Investment Management research found the region's bonds present better value than many developed countries. Research conducted by the firm found debt issued by Asian countries ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Nearly one third of Australian businesses regard outsourcing as one of their top 10 priorities for the next 12 months - but many are still looking within Australia rather than overseas for outsourcing opportunities, new research show. According to a ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Developing countries in Asia are the worst casualties of the global financial crisis, which last year slashed the value of financial assets worldwide by a massive US$50 trillion. According to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), losses on ...