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Time to acknowledge the best: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... Awards," said Corboy. Registered and enrolled nurses, and personal care attendants, can be nominated in the categories of Innovation in Nursing ($10,000 development grant), Graduate Nurse of the Year ($2,500 travel and $2,500 education grants) and Nurse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Microsoft Corporation chief executive Steve Ballmer addresses the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on "Innovation and the Digital Economy" in Sydney. The Australian share market closed more than four per cent lower on Thursday after an ...

Hedge fund to invest $500m into carbon capture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... behalf of approximately 700 sophisticated investors. While being a hedge fund investor, Och-Ziff said their approach is innovation and research driven rather than leverage oriented. Och-Ziff earlier this year created Africa Management Limited to target ...

IAG and NRMA outsources super admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... leader of Mercer's outsourcing business for Asia Pacific, observed the battle for market share was as intense as ever. Innovation and quality have become core buying requirements of trustees and employers. "IAG and NRMA are leading the increasing number ...

Tuning in to Generation Next: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... also hand two special awards -the Lightning Rod Award for best use of electronic media and the Alchemist's Award for innovation in communications. The awards ceremony will be the finale to tomorrow's Communications Forum where guest speakers will discuss ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
Local fund managers have the right skills and resources to make Australia the financial services hub in Asia and beyond but taking on that mantle doesn't necessarily mean the money has to be managed at home. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday ...

Friendster to fundster

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... while the public perception is that funds management is a staid industry, there's no reason why it shouldn't emulate innovation strategies of high-tech businesses like Google. For example, management might want to use a 70-20-10 approach to work where ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... managers considered protecting retirement savings using 'investment guarantees' as the single most important product innovation for retirees in the coming years. An investment guarantee would ensure superannuation balances don't deteriorate in falling ...

Insurers slow on green IT

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... environment can still have a significant net benefit. "By placing a greater emphasis on performance metrics such as product innovation, time-to-market and sales effectiveness, insurers will be more effective in pushing products with green incentives ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... dislocations. What they are not doing in any substantial way is pulling back." However, the survey warned that "continuous innovation" is required amongst all alternative asset managers to meet the needs and appetites of institutional investors. "Investors ...