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Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
"Get them before they get you" is the latest mantra behind risk management technology, and Progress is putting that at the heart of its Apama software to instigate faster and better risk management. Progress, which counts the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

NAB/Aviva deal fuels insurance shake-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
The combined entity of NAB/MLC and Aviva's insurance arm will create a life insurance provider with the largest total risk premium inflows and one that claims a 15.5 per cent share of the market - usurping CommInsure's top spot in the category. Figures ...

Corp bonds dominate UK sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Corporate bond funds remain the most popular products among UK investors, with the asset class making up a quarter of the sales on the Cofunds platform in May. The latest figures from the UK-based investment platform found the top three selling funds ...

REST members get $74m boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
Members of the $13 billion REST Superannuation received $74 million from the Government through co-contributions in the last financial year. REST, the industry fund for retail employees, said members are generally making the most out of their super ...

Equities jackpot for HNWs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Over 90 per cent of wealth manager clients will demand direct equity investments in the next two years, new figures show. A survey by Datamonitor shows that wealth managers, who serve the financial needs of HNW individuals, expect that over 90 per cent ...

Metlife group VP retires

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Metlife Insurance has announced the retirement of Michael Burke, Australian vice president of growth strategies. Burke joined the firm four years ago and has managed the firm's group life business a head of institutional business before he was appointed ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
A study revealing that low income mothers pay the highest tax rates highlights how the economic spotlight now on income-tax distribution in Australia is turning into a blowtorch. University of Sydney professor of public economics Patricia Apps has released ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
'Don't fight the Fed!' 'The trend is your friend!' These market aphorisms are again coming back in fashion. Upward momentum in equity markets all around the world have been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
V for victory against the GFC. V for the V-shaped rebound in the Australian economy. V for 'very wrong' to those who continued to stick to their recession calls up to the very end. In case you missed it, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The Australian share market inched higher at noon amid news the economy had avoided a technical recession. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 20.4 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 3975.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 23 points, or ...