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Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The structured finance sector of the domestic debt capital market saw most activity last week, in terms of issuance and rating actions. The sector, and primarily RMBS, has made something of a comeback this month after a relatively quiet August. Issuance ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
As markets turn from bad to worse, alternative investments have proven to be the keystone of solid returns when they turned into shock absorbers protecting investors from capital loss, said Select Asset Management. Since August last year, the sub-prime ...

NAB names new chief

WWW.THESHEET.COM, ASX STATEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
NAB has appointed Cameron Clyne, the chief executive of NAB-owned Bank of New Zealand, as its new group chief executive starting next year, ending media speculation on who would replace John Stewart for the top job. Stewart's departure this year is ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... started to collapse. However these executives continued to market the securities to its consumers. Cuomo also claimed to discover internal UBS e-mails detailing top executives' efforts to sell-off personal holdings of auction rate securities. "Not only ...

Macq Life imports underwriting and claims head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Macquarie Life appointed Sally Phillips as head of underwriting and claims. Previously, Phillips founded one of South Africa's top five life insurance firm's, Discovery Life, and held the role of chief medical officer and head of underwriting within ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The largest public pension fund in the US fires a warning shot against companies with lousy corporate governance when it demanded a company it invests in to re-write its CG policy and pay a $930 million cheque for wrongful share trading. The $244 billion ...

Suncorp selects Symantec

Suncorp turns to one of the global giants in IT security systems, Symantec, to help improve the group's security infrastructure, simplify data center management systems and reduce storage costs. Paul Cameron, executive general manager, BT Infrastructure ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... did expect to receive a discount. "In today's cyber-society, people are doing more and more online. It's surprising to discover they aren't always buying their insurance online too, especially when they could be making valuable savings," said John Myler ...

Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Synchron advisers has called on business strategy provider Strategies Plus to develop a new website that will help them step up their presence in online insurance. According to business strategist Michael Harrison from Strategies Plus, who was recently ...

Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study. The Unisys Security Index measures the level of ...