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Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Australia's market nor an adoption of a Commonwealth government-guaranteed body - such as the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation model outlined by the Australian Securitisation Forum - will be a viable solution to the crisis, said S&P. One of ...

VFMC back on hiring trail for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Canadian investment management wizard Leo de Bever is stepping down from his role at Victoria Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) to head up one of the largest firms in Canada, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo). The AIMCo invests more ...

ING buys Citistreet for $960m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... $960 million in cash. Established in 2000, Citistreet was previously half owned each by Citigroup and State Street Corporation. The business provides record keeping and administrative services to more than 16,000 plans across Australia and the US. This ...

Hooley named State Street pres and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
State Street Corporation has promoted the firm's 32 year veteran, Jay Hooley, to president and chief operation officer. Hooley, 51, joined State Street in 1986 and led the firm's US Mutual Fund sales division before joining State Street's shareholder ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... is released and the Reserve Bank of Australia commodity price index for April is due. In equities, Westpac Banking Corporation releases interim results this morning. Companies holding annual general meetings include Woodside Petroleum, GPT Group, Alumina ...

AFA selects Alexis for PI cover

After a 12-month process, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has handpicked Alexis Insurance Brokers to give its members much needed help in choosing the right PI cover ahead of a new government ruling which raises adviser PI costs by as much ...

Di Bartolomeo joins AustralianSuper board

... vice-president. He holds several directorships under his belt, including positions with the Australian Rail Track Corporation, the Parklands Foundation, Downer EDI and Reliance Rail. Most recently, Di Bartolomeo was managing director of ADI Limited. ...

Anti-terrorism ins board names new director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Patricia Azarias has been appointed to the anti-terrorism insurance Board of the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation. The ARPC administers the Government's terrorism insurance scheme by providing reinsurance cover for terrorism risk relating to ...

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 ...

Retirement liabilities dwarf assets six-fold

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... to US$24 trillion but retirement liabilities are estimated to be more than six times that, reveals the State Street Corporation pension industry Vision Report. This disparity illustrates the huge challenge in improving savings ratios even though the ...