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Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... has just completed another major study of sickness and death incidences across the UK, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, South Africa and Singapore. This demographic and health profile change means the real risk needs of consumers is changing too, said Nick ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. "Muslim investors around the world have growing appetite for investable sector ...

Intech appoints new sales head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... recently as head of institutional business development. Before Skandia, he worked at Citibank in the United Kingdom and South Africa, where he also worked for Rand Merchant Bank.

FPA chair joins FPSB

... representatives on the board are directors from Canada, Chinese Taipei, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa. Dieters has been in financial services for more than 15 years and was previously a director of HLB Mann Judd Financial Services ...

Investec arrives in Aus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... Samuelson leaves his London-base role to become the new managing director at Investec Australia. He began his career in South Africa in 1991 and was a founding member and director of Investec. In South Africa, Samuelson also headed the South African ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket was sluggish at noon following a decline on Wall Street and weaker base metal prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 46.9 points to 6215.8 and the All Ordinaries had lost 42.5 points to 6231.8. On ...

CommSec adds South Africa to BRIC

... invest in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) plus exposure to the commodities-driven of South Africa. "Brazil, Russia, India and China have traditionally been identified as the most significant group of fast-growing, industrialising ...

St George chief moves to Westpac

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... under her helm and is now at over 80 per cent according to a Roy Morgan survey. Kelly began her banking career in South Africa working at Nedcor Bank as general manager in a number of positions including human resources and personal banking. She later ...

PE to re-build South Africa

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
South Africa looks set to receive a helping hand from successful stockbroker Christopher Gardner, the inspiration behind the Will Smith movie The Pursuit of Happyness, who has plans to launch a private equity fund to focus on making South Africa an ...

IRESS snaps up Spotlight

... Fresh from its recent acquisitions of PlanTech and VisiPlan, IRESS Market Technology is making its presence felt in South Africa with the acquisition of planning software provider Spotlight Interactive for $6.4 million. The South African software business ...