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End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... America publicly peddles to get the rest of the world onside. But somehow I don't expect Australia and Canada and South Africa joining in because of the positive impact on their economies of rising commodity prices thanks to China. Neither will most ...

AMP appoints key insurance personnel

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Wealth Protection team. Bertasso joins Personal Wealth Protection from CommInsure. Before this, Bertasso resided in South Africa and worked for Swiss Re in number of key roles, including chief underwriter. AMP's director of wealth protection products ...

Sanlam enters Australian market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
One of South Africa's largest listed financial services groups, Sanlam, has entered a joint venture in Australia to form Calibre Investments, a Sydney-headquartered wealth management business. Sanlam's private client arm has entered the JV. Calibre ...

AXA overseas recruitment drive slows

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
AXA Australia's financial planning recruitment drive in the UK and South Africa has slowed with the financial services firm adding only two planners from those countries in the past six months. The firm has promoted the opportunity to join its Australian ...

AUSCOAL hires data transition manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... data cleansing and reporting services and data migration. The transition management firm was also appointed by NMG South Africa to audit the data held for two larger clients, which represent around 50,000 members. RBF Tasmania also hired ITM to audit ...

Asia unseats South Africa in gold race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
Indonesia, Tanzania and China reported the fastest growing output for gold last year - usurping South Africa, once the world's largest gold producer, which saw its production levels drop 5 per cent, according to a precious metals expert. British research ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... globally. Macquarie manages funds in Mexico, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

Africa's PIC appoints Charles River

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Public Investment Corporation, the investment management arm of the Republic of South Africa, has gone live on the Charles River Investment Management System across its fixed income and money market operations. As a result, PIC users are now able to ...

Oasis let back in the good books

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... Gifford, executive director at PRI. "In addition, the PRI initiative is investing in regional networks, including in South Africa, to assist signatories in their implementation and collaborative activities." Oasis Asset Management was removed as a signatory ...

Macquarie hires insurance specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... the estate planning and business succession. He has extensive experience in sales and operations in Australia and South Africa, and has a Diploma of Financial Planning.