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Intl wealth mgmt sector rallies

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Disaster appeal while AMP is in talks with its Foundation. US firm, JPMorgan Chase, has committed $5 million to near-term relief and recovery efforts in Japan while also encouraging its own employees to contribute through The American Red Cross and World ...

Alphinity grows new business

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... "We use a fundamentalist research process to identify those companies." Alphinity Concentrated's solid returns come as a relief for unit holders who suffered a period of underperformance under Challenger Select. When the new team took over the performance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... partly responded to a modest gain on Wall Street on Friday, where optimism about US economic prospects was compounded by relief at the resignation of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak after weeks of unrest. Shanghai's Composite Index ended up 2.54 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... black following gains in the mining sector on the back of record copper prices overnight. Insurance stocks rebounded amid relief that the impact of Cyclone Yasi was less devastating than expected. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.1 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... 11 points higher at 4,774, with 13,084 contracts traded. IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said the market was seeing some relief buying, particularly in insurers, after Cyclone Yasi's impact on Queensland was less devastating than expected. "It looks like ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

QIC donates $100k to flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
Queensland-based fund manager QIC has donated $100,000 to the Premier's Flood Relief Fund and is offering a dollar-for-dollar matching staff donations to the fund. QIC lost access to its Brisbane CBD Head Office for almost two weeks due to floods but ...

Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
ESI Super and SPEC Super have developed a dedicated Flood Relief Package that offers information and advice to members who have been affected by the floods. The package includes a free financial assistance webinar offering information on financial issues ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... Toowoomba. The Commonwealth government is ultimately responsible for 75 per cent of the costs relating to the provision of relief measures and restoring public assets under the arrangements for natural disasters. It has already provided direct assistance ...

Fin services firms rally to aid Queensland

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's flood appeal. NAB and its employees donated over $500,000 to the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal, which includes staff donations matched by NAB and $350,000 directly to the Premier's appeal. The bank will also give ...