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New board member for legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
The $1 billion legalsuper has appointed Hugh Macken, the Law Society of New South Wales' 2008 president, to its board. Macken replaced outgoing board member, Robert Laurie. David Miles, legalsuper chairman, said Macken's appointment maintained the strong ...

AIG Hong Kong begins rebrand strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... our business activities under one strong pan-Asian identity," said Mark Wilson, AIA group chief executive officer and president. "The new logo retains strong links with our past while looking to the future... This re-branding coupled with the future ...

HSBC appoints Australia CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... their working lives. "By the time a worker reaches 65 years they've probably already worked for 50 years," John Sutton, president and general secretary of the CMFEU, told ABC Radio this morning. Sharan Burrows, secretary of the Australian Council of ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... mortgage sector falls under the consumer code and must follow national standardised rules. But Taggart, who is also the president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), stressed that the decision to develop the product happened well before the ...

FPA and Bannister Mansfield settle in court

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Bannister Mansfield have settled in court and the financial planning firm's director, Gavin Murphy, has apologised for the ads placed in the media. The FPA started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... pressure to stop spending. Protectionism, competitive devaluations and efforts to limit the national debt --then US President Hoover tried to maintain it at 40 per cent of gross national product - were among the policy mistakes that prolonged and deepened ...

Instos pump $700bn into Islamic finance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... financial system and it has a key role to play in restoring confidence in the markets," said Rod Ringrow, senior vice president at State Street. While the market continues to grow, the report found the number of products available is still narrow. Many ...

S&P launches risk controlled indices

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... investors target and control the level of risk in the S&P 500 and S&P/ASX 200 respectively," says Steve Goldin, Vice President of Strategy Indices at Standard & Poor's Index Services. "With risk controlled indices already based upon the S&P BRIC 40 Index ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... clear and formal roadmap for our independence. We now have clarity on AIA's structure and future," said. Mark Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the AIA Group. The AIA Group represents 20 million customers and 250,000 agents across branch ...