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Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... General Reinsurance Life Australia. The FSC said it would act as the centralised contact point for flood-affected Queenslanders, in particular those who need to identify their insurer. In related news, on January 14, the Insurance Council of Australia ...

Fin services firms rally to aid Queensland

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... its microfinance program operating in flood affected areas. Fund managers are also pulling in their weight to help Queenslanders in need. Chris Corneil, Russell's chief executive of Australia and New Zealand said Russell's Charitable Giving Committee ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... decline of 2.8 points after the May announcement by the Rudd Government of the Resources Super Profits Tax while Queenslanders are simply the least confident of all Australians with a rating of 58.1 in August.

FX trader guilty of $360k fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... guilty to running an illegal managed investment scheme (MIS), which enabled him to dupe more than 200 south-east Queenslanders out of $360,000 in funds. Best, 39, pleaded guilty to one charge of dishonestly gaining a financial advantage for himself worth ...

HOSTPLUS sponsors Gold Coast AFL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
HOSTPLUS has stepped up its campaign targeting Queenslanders, signing a five -year foundation sponsorship deal with the new AFL Gold Coast Football Club. This is the second elite level football team sponsored by HOSTPLUS which is a major backer of the ...

You are what you Google

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... 'superannuation' and 'shares'. In NSW, the words 'mortgages' and 'investment banks' topped the list. Meanwhile, many Queenslanders typed in 'interest rates' while West Australians typed in 'ASX' (short for the Australian Securities Exchange). On a lighter ...

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... two. Perth households had the opposite outcome achieving number six for income but number four for wealth. Only Queenslanders achieved the same rank order for both indicators. Despite all the factors likely to impact income and wealth accumulation, the ...

HBOS expands with Whittaker Macnaught purchase

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... gives us a presence in Queensland and access to a large client base, allowing us to offer products and services to Queenslanders who are HBOS Australia customers through BankWest."

Qld investors like it hot

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Queenslanders have the biggest appetite for risk when it comes to investing, according to research undertaken by Aviva. The research was based on inflows into the Navigator platform on a state by state basis. Queensland investors had the highest risk ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

Queenslanders may only account for only 8 per cent of funds management in Australia, but they control half the seats on the Future Fund board of guardians. The Government has just announced the appointment of six members of the Future Fund board of ...