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TAL appoints new chair, Thomas to retire

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... customer culture that has developed," Thomas said. Boyle previously served as the chief executive officer of the United Kingdom operations of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance (RSA) from 2002 to 2006, following over 30 years' experience in the insurance ...

IRESS reports profit increase in Australia

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... markets, wealth management, and lending systems in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom

NAB quarterly profit up 7%

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... business loan growth improved in what is traditionally a stronger quarter." Thorburn said that NAB's operations in the United Kingdom "still face a number of challenges" and he expects that the group "will need to take further provisions at the full ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... FTSE-100's happy - up 0.4% -- for it's even better in Britain. While the economy's definitely looking up in the United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay raising borrowing costs. According to Governor Mark Carney, it's ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... will continue in full time employment with CBA and will remain in the group's boards in China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Blair joined CBA in 2006 as chief executive officer of Sovereign Insurance and joined the executive committee in 2009 to ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... with recent reports that UK economic activity remains strong, if not accelerating, and one could argue that the United Kingdom is strong enough to withstand a small adjustment upwards in interest rates. Markit Economics' Composite PMI index for the UK ...

FSC Conference: Follow the biopsychosocial model, life companies told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... morbidity of being out of work for more than six months is greater than working in the most hazardous industry in the United Kingdom, which is offshore oil rigs. "Unemployment is really bad for your health." Chase said the biopsychosocial model, which ...

Fitzpatricks hires former CFSGAM head of marketing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Commonwealth Bank's financial planning and advice division. Ireland was chief operating officer of Brevan Howard in the United Kingdom, before returning to Australia to take on the role of general manager at AIMA. Fitzpatricks group managing director ...

Henderson launches second fund to local market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... strong and contemporary solution and have successfully utilised this investment style for clients in Europe, the United Kingdom and United States." The fund follows a comprehensive investment process that includes top-down asset allocation supported ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Wealth platforms in the United Kingdom have leap-frogged Australian platforms because investor experience and utility is their differentiator, not the underlying technology itself. Darren Stevens, director of strategy at technology group Bravura Solutions ...