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CommInsure in $1.2b insurance bonanza

Commonwealth Bank-owned insurance giant CommInsure will reward around 40,000 of its clients with $1.2 billion in extra life insurance cover under a new loyalty bonus scheme. The Loyalty Bonus Benefit scheme is for customers who have maintained their ...

The upside of carnage

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Is the current sub-prime calamity really another savings and loan crisis in the making, or just market noise? Consensus is that the volatility is more rollercoaster than bear-trend, and as such markets are quite capable of recovering just a quickly. ...

St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

St.George Bank and HESTA Super Fund have been named winner and finalist respectively in the 2007 ACCI/BCA National Work and Family Awards, promoting companies that offer outstanding and flexible working arrangements. St.George is the first ever bank ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... consider interest rates, inter alia, and retail trade data for May is out, along with May building approval data. The SAI Global-ACCI Survey of Investor Confidence for the June quarter is also due. On the markets, National Australia Bank Agribusiness ...

Instos unite for research

Eight major super funds and fund managers have become the cornerstone investors of Regnan, a specialist governance research group that will track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of companies for institutional investors. The ...

AIG improves insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
AIG Life has beefed up the benefits and improved pricing in an overhaul of its Priority Protection insurance range in response to demand from advisers keen to write more insurance business. The changes come into effect on 2 April and include a range ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... Bureau of Statistics releases international trade in goods and services data for February, while the March quarter SAI Global-ACCI survey of investor confidence also is due. On the corporate front, Dairy Farmers Ltd releases its half year results, while ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... per cent effectively channeling more money in the Japanese direction. Both the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Australian Industry Group(Ai Group) have said that the government would be better to direct its surpluses to improving ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

JUST Super spices up its insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
Industry super fund JUST Super has just announced the roll-out of insurance upgrades for all members at no added cost. The insurance upgrades include improved death and TPD cover for those aged 16-40, an increase in the maximum level of cover to $2 ...