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Suncorp chair to retire

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
John Story, Suncorp chairman, intends to retire next year after the next board election. Story, in his latest chairman address, has expressed plans to stand in the next election to act as a guide to the new board before stepping down as chair in a year's ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

Military Super CEO resigns, AGEST chief takes over

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Michael Seton, chief executive of AGEST Super, has accepted the role of chief executive at Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme following Paul Watson's resignation. Seton will begin his new role on Friday, 1 October. He replaces Paul Watson ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a new risk manager and created a new 'sustainability manager' role. The super fund has appointed former Commonwealth Bank of Australia compliance expert Hannah Deukmejian as risk manager where she will be responsible ...

AXA Aus launches adviserweb

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
AXA Australia hopes to fast track the way practice principals and advisers access their clients' data through adviserweb, a new website that houses insurance, pension and investment data under one roof. Cam Cimino, AXA's general manager in digital business ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
There were snippets of good news overnight although on the whole, they were just that -snippets. Bad news dominated the headlines. There was more of the same confusing data out of America. Jobless claims rose by 12,000 in the week ending 18 September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was slightly weaker at noon on Thursday, following a negative lead from United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.4 points lower, by 0.12 per cent, at 4,619.8 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Australian shares may decline on Wednesday after US stocks were little changed and commodity prices slipped overnight following a statement from the US Federal Reserve that it was ready to further stimulate the US economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

BT Wrap lifts fog on model portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Dealer groups can have a better understanding of how their financial advisers use 'model portfolios', cash and equities for their clients through key upgrades to BT Wrap this month. In a three-year project that's costing over $18 million, the team behind ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received strong leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0743 AEST, the December share price index contract was 42 points higher at 4,693. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...