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Zurich names new global head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Zurich Financial Services has appointed the firm's chief investment officer Martin Senn as chief executive at the start of next year as the existing chief executive retires. Aside from his role as chief investment officer, Senn also sits on the firm's ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Watch the screens today! For at exactly 1130 hours (AEST), the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release a tally of how many of us were able to keep our jobs last month, how many were still looking for work and how many started submitting forms to ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Countplus has made its eleventh acquisition through a 25 per cent share purchase in planning firm, Evolution Advisers. Countplus, part of the ASX-listed Count Financial Limited, announced the acquisition details yesterday. Evolution Advisers has been ...

ASFA awards top super funds in comms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
QSuper, Russell Investments and AUSCOAL Superannuation Fund were among of the top Australian superannuation funds recognised at the ASFA Communications awards held yesterday. All three funds won in the 'Excellence in Member Communication' category this ...

Instinet appoints deputy head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Ex-Macquarie Securities executive Matthew Moore has jumped ship to Instinet and taken up the role of deputy head of its new Portfolio Implementation and Restructuring Group. Moore becomes the fourth member of the group, which was launched by parent ...

Macquarie launches online election service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Macquarie Wrap has launched an online election service for corporate actions - a process that helps advisers eliminate the need for paperwork. When creating the new online service, Macquarie Wrap focused on reducing the administrative burden for advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open flat to low on Thursday after US stocks finished in negative territory and commodity prices dropped overnight. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was three ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
QSuper has appointed former QIC head of portfolio design, Damian Lillicrap, as head of strategy and Herbert Chang as head of capital markets. Lillicrap and Chang, together with head of funds management Charles Woodhouse complete the roster of senior ...

ANZ Staff Super reappoints directors

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The $1.7 billion ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has re-appointed Jo McKinstray and Geoff King as member representative directors to its trustee board. The appointments follow a search that ended last month for two representatives following the end ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...