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Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Scanlon's Scanlon Foundation, the KordaMentha Partners consortium led by Mark Korda and David Winterbottom, and QBE Insurance, which invested $30 million. "FGG is a perpetual gift from the funds management industry to our future generation," FGG founder ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Global insurer QBE Insurance has announced it intends to allocate $100 million to social impact investments over the next three years. QBE chief investment officer Gary Brader said: "We're very interested in social benefit bonds, because in addition ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... Capital, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. The Green Bond is intended to help those countries likely to be hit hardest by climate change move to a path ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... due to release February building approvals data, as well as job vacancies for the same month. In equities news, QBE Insurance Group has its annual general meeting slated for Sydney. BHP Billiton president of coal Dean Dalla Valle is scheduled to give ...

QBE invests in Invesco property fund

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested into Invesco's North American Core Direct Property Fund, which invests exclusively in North American direct property assets. While Invesco would not reveal the amount of the investment, a spokesperson said that ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... was up 27 points at 5,450. No major local economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Oil Search and QBE Insurance are expected to post full year results, while AV Jennings, AWE, Ramsay Health Care, Cabcharge, and Charter Hall Group are due ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... companies are putting money into Vietnam. "High profile businesses in finance including ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, QBE Insurance and some oil and gas exploration through Santos," he said. "There are lot of opportunities in financial services and wealth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... at $9.51. A majority of the company's business is done in the US, where it said the housing market was improving. QBE Insurance, which also has a large exposure to the US market, was another strong performer, up 37 cents, or 2.9 per cent, at $13.12. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... be seen as a... short-term positive, because he would clearly be a pro-stimulus central bank governor," he said. QBE Insurance shares fell 66 cents, or 5.07 per cent, to $12.37 at 1035 AEDT, after announcing an annual profit growth of eight per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Services, Ramsay Health Care and Whitehaven Coal are among the companies expected to post first half results, while QBE Insurance Group and Oil Search are due to announce full year earnings. Meanwhile, Macmahon shareholders are due to vote on the sale ...