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Reinsurance talent runs dry

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... search while local candidates are experiencing a new sense of control in job negotiations. Candidates from the UK, South Africa and New Zealand are now the most common new source of reinsurance talent with claims people, underwriters and analysts of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares had held on to their slight opening gains at noon, led by defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples. At 1225 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4253.4, while the broader ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... the Australian population and 3,400 unique visits to the campaign website. Around 1000 delegates from Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and New Zealand were in attendance, making it a "truly international event", said Master of Ceremonies, Andrew Kl ...

Cloud software brings pay-per-audit revolution

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Sage is part of a multinational group operates in more than 26 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China, it says on its website.

S&P looks to Africa as investment grows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... fund at US$900 million, signaling increased activity in the private equity space. Carlyle Group opened offices in South Africa in April this year, as sponsors look to capitalise on relatively low acquisition multiples. S&P is also offering risk control ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Indices has launched a new index covering second-tier emerging markets Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. The CIVETS 60 index comprises of ten stocks from each country. Each company must have a market capitalisation of more ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... percent... The MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 1 percent, its fifth advance. Benchmark stock indexes in Russia and South Africa jumped at least 1.4 percent." What do these tell us, Sisyphus? These confirm that equities are in a bull market and a not ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... Australian equities manager with around $70 million in FUM, will be consolidated into 8IP. Both companies are funded by South Africa's Sanlam International Investment Partners, which seeded 8IP with an initial $100 million for its 2010 launch. "Sanlam ...

More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... it has been able to identify a number of stocks in less fancied markets that are performing well. One example is South Africa's largest grocer Shoprite, which has more than 60 million customers per month but nothing like the competition faced in more ...

China inflation fears overplayed

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Financial markets are nervously awaiting the release of Chinese inflation figures this weekend, but one fund manager believes that the concerns are overdone - and the multi-year bull market in Asian equities is only just beginning. Fears are building ...