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ING taps Ukraine insurance market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
ING Group extends its reach in Eastern Europe after receiving approval to provide its life insurance services in the Ukraine. The firm is expected to begin servicing this market from its head office in the country's capital, Kiev, in the first half ...

Securitor adds BBV to network

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
St George Bank financial planning dealer group, Securitor, extends its network on the eastern seaboard after Coffs Harbour and Nerang based BBV Wealth Management joined the group. BBV Wealth Management provides advice on superannuation, pension and ...

Zurich extends political risk insurance to EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Zurich Financial Services Australia is providing political risk insurance for carbon credit projects in the emerging markets for the first time. This development will protect companies against risk of a range of government actions that might prevent ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
From currency risk and credit exposure reporting to 'extreme market events' testing, Northern Trust leaves no stone unturned in its new suite of governance reporting tools. The overseas custodian, better known locally as the custodian for the $60-billion ...

GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
An Eastern European-centric socially responsible investment (SRI) fund has been developed by European-based responsible investment research provider GES Investment Services and Estonian-based Limestone Investment Management. The Limestone New Europe ...

Ernst & Young unites

Ernst & Young will integrate all of its 87 country practices under one umbrella to reflect how businesses have changed from being country-specific to global by nature. The decision only affects offices in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East ...

First stop baby boomers, next stop Gen-Y

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The way to the baby boomers' wallets is through their Gen-Y kids, said Bernard Salt, a leading commentator on consumer, cultural and demographic trends. "Generation Y will inherit baby boomer wealth. The motherload is not going to happen for another ...

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
Franklin Templeton Investments has launched an emerging markets fund - a unit trust available to Australian investors in local currency that invests in global emerging markets. The fund is denominated in Australian dollars and its objective is to seek ...

More than two years' investment bank profits lost

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... MarketWatch reported on the study. As many as six quarters' worth of industry earnings may have been wiped in the period up to Easter, the broker said. Those losses are expected to rise to between 7.5 and 9.5 quarters of earnings. This would make the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... as steep as losses in Australia and elsewhere. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 41.56 points at 3,425.71 ahead of Easter.