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Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... low peso 29.94/US$1. The Indian rupee is also trading at record lows (rupee 69.93) versus the US dollar and the South African rand - currently exchanging at 14.37 to US$1 - has dropped to two-year lows. There are many more and ones that would raise inflation ...

REIT sells Cromwell stake for $406 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
A subsidiary of Singapore-based ARA Asset management is acquiring a 19.5% stake in Cromwell Property Group. South African-based REIT Redefine Properties sold its stake to the ARA AM subsidiary in a move described by the former as a "process to refine ...

Wearables driving life insurance engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... engaging members with their life insurance. Since launching its fitness and wellness program four years ago with South African insurer Discovery, AIA Australia's Vitality leads the pack when engaging members with their life insurance policy. According ...

Investec unveils succession plan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... Three of Investec's founding members will step down from their respective roles 40 years after establishing the South African bank and investment management firm. Investec Group chief executive Stephen Koseff, managing director Bernard Kantor, and risk ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... Insurance giant partners to combine life and health (24 May) AIA Australia joined forces with health fund GMHBA and South African company Discovery; the three will work under the new brand myOwn and offer both life and health insurance, along with AIA's ...

Bravura inks major international deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... the fifth major international transaction for Bravura in the last twelve months, signing a long-term contact with South African based Discovery Limited for the implementation of Sonata in November, an agreement with $4.7 billion Scotland-based insurer ...

Cyber training is advice value-add: AUSTRAC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... the conference that cybercrime had reached a new reality much closer to home. "It may not necessarily be someone from an African country. Someone who has gone to university and studied technology and understands systems - it could be that person sitting ...

IRESS eyes future earning potential following reduced profit

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... Stock Exchange, Acorn Capital, UK wealth management firm Tilney Bestinvest, Colonial First State, OpenMarkets and South African markets data and analytics provider INET BFA. IRESS has also deployed its technology to the Commonwealth Bank, Statewide Super ...

AIA grows health insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... money," he said. MyOwn is the result of an alliance between AIA Australia and GMHBA, a not-for-profit health fund; and South African financial services provider Discovery. Launched in 2014, AIA Vitality rewards are linked to actions that aim to improve ...

Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... launch a new combined life and health insurance brand. AIA Australia is joining forces with health fund GMHBA and South African company Discovery; the three will work under the new brand myOwn and offer both life and health insurance, along with AIA's ...