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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... and industrial metals mostly fell overnight, causing the miners to slide. Insurance Australia Group (IAG) led declines after QBE Insurance Group withdrew its sweetened $8.7 billion takeover proposal for the company after the target's board last night ...

AFA selects Alexis for PI cover

... professionals because of the limited number of underwriters in the field, giving them more reason to seek expert advice. "With QBE gone, there are only four to five underwriters to choose from, versus other industries which can select from more than ...

QBE drops PI and D&O insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
QBE Insurance Australia will no longer provide professional indemnity (PI) and directors and officers (D&O) insurance to financial planners and stockbrokers from June onwards following an internal review. In January, the Corporations Act was amended ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... producers such as Woodside Petroleum, after the price of crude oil rose overnight. Insurance Australia Group jumped after QBE Insurance Group revealed it had made a takeover offer for the company. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 56.9 ...

Buy side problems FIX'd

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... Economics Committee in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release retail trade data for February. In equities news, QBE holds its annual general meeting. SP Telemedia Ltd holds a general meeting. The Australian share market shrugged off ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... was down 69 cents, or 2.43 per cent, to $27.66 and Westpac had slid 32 cents to $22.94. Insurance companies also fell, with QBE down 31 cents to $20.99, AMP down 27 cents, or 3.72 per cent to $6.99 and AXA Asia Pacific losing 22 cents, or 4.04 per cent ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... Markets like tough budgets," he said. Insurance companies also did well, with AMP jumping 45 cents, or 6.51 per cent, to $7.36, QBE gaining $1.00, or 4.89 per cent, to $21.47, and AXA Asia Pacific rising 25 cents, or 4.84 per cent, to $5.41, at 1258 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... and Babcock & Brown Infrastructure. Annual results are expected from Aristocrat Leisure, Pacifica Group, Hutchison Telecoms, QBE Insurance Group and Austar United Communications. The Australian share market finished firmly in positive territory yesterday ...

SimCorp edges back to front

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... the front office, we want to add that integration into it as well [and have] single data architecture." According to Hill, QBE Insurance and Victorian Funds Management Corporation had already placed orders for the front end product and sought to implement ...