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TAL appoints head of product development

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... spent seven years with Mercer where he was partner of the Retirement, Risk and Finance consulting practice as well as leader of the firm's Public Sector consulting practice. Wickham was head of superannuation consulting at Mellon, and a principal at ...

BlackRock appoints country head

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... makes it a key area of focus for BlackRock Asia Pacific," said Mark McCombe, BlackRock's chairman, Asia Pacific. "A leader of Justin's calibre, with his outstanding track record in financial services, will be integral to BlackRock Australia's growth ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... overcome the challenges of providing viable insurance services to more low-income people," says Craig Churchill, team leader of the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility and chair of the Microinsurance Network. Asia represents 80% of the microinsurance ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... was fuelling his short-term political agenda and threatening millions of Australians' retirement income. "This is the leader of the alternative Government of the nation signalling very clearly his intention to attack one of the best performing sectors ...

Aussies have more faith in super: Mercer

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... knowledge has gone a long way to alleviating angst in the midst of volatile market conditions," said Heather Dawson, leader of the Mercer Super Trust. "There is increased understanding of the impact share market volatility has on super, but while sentiment ...

New insto governance service launched

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... imported standards or people". Driving the business will be Dean Paatsch, Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal. Paatsch was the leader of ISS Governance Services in Australia before his departure in 2010, Lawrence was a leading governance analyst and Connal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... $US87.32. TOKYO - Tokyo share prices closed up 0.61 per cent on Monday after Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was elected leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, making him set to become the nation's new premier. Stocks saw choppy trade and closed ...

ASIC commissioner new chief of FOS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... five predecessor EDR (external dispute resolution) schemes," said Lavarch. Lavarch said Neave had been "inspirational" leader of the organisation and that he had made an outstanding contribution to the financial services sector.

CBA's Norris to retire, Narev replaces

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... Narev was a global partner of New York law firm McKinsey & Co and headed up its New Zealand office. Narev was also co-leader of the Asia strategy practice and a consultant in financial services. David Turner said, "Ian is an extraordinary executive ...

Govt responds to self-funded retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... available through Centrelink. Meanwhile, Shorten has hit out at Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, accusing the Liberal leader of trying to claim back thousands of dollars from pensioners under his proposed scheme. Shorten used the example that an elderly ...