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Merger creates $16bn mortgage aggregator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... handling the increased regulation in the industry," he said. Zulman said the group would look to grow internally and by purchasing more mortgage loan aggregators. "Longer-term our ambition is to diversify the business into the broader financial services ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... - Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain? Budget deficits? Joblessness? All because of 1 February 2010's wonderful set of purchasing managers index (PMI), showing that the global recovery is progressing. In time, continued gains in the manufacturing economy ...

AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
AXA has entered the Romanian life insurance market by purchasing Omniasig Life, which represents $18 million in premiums. Launched in 1997, Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... rally. Need I tell you why? In one word - China. The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported that China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained at an 18-month high of 55.2 in November, indicating continued expansion in the manufacturing ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... has developed for the yellow metal. The Financial Chronicle reports that the central bank of India - after recently purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the IMF - is offering to buy the 201.3 tonnes remaining in the IMF's coffers. But with the US dollar ...

Count: 13 times lucky

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Countplus has settled its thirteenth acquisition - purchasing a 25 per cent share in Canberra-based advice firm, Achieve Corporation. Achieve, founded by Simon Mitchell in 2003, is a specialist payroll and advice firm and employs 23 people. There are ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... continue to produce conflicting signals. This is no better exemplified - again - by last night's US releases. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 46.1 in September - signalling a fall back in business activity in the area - from 50 in the previous ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... those who are time-poor and are comfortable doing applications on the web. "It removes an important barrier to people purchasing life insurance. Feedback has shown that answering personal questions from an adviser was uncomfortable for many people, but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... were limited by the yen's advance against the dollar and jitters ahead of US economic data. A rise in China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) for August also provided support. But trade was very thin, with investors wary amid uncertainty about ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... not happen overnight, but it will happen." Remember? It is happening now. This is underscored by the latest update on purchasing managers indices - a leading indicator of activity -- in the major economies reported overnight. In the US, the Institute ...