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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... explains the 50% drop in oil prices in the past three years that has added to the economic woes of Saudi Arabia and other middle east oil producers. According to Economic Monitor, 70% of the Saudi Arabian workforce is employed by the government, it has ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Australia and NZ streamline trade deal Australia and New Zealand have signed a deal to streamline customs processing between the two nations. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) ...

BlackRock appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... HSBC. Rohe replaces Justin Arter, who has moved on to head up BlackRock's institutional client division for the UK, Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Rohe will report to BlackRock Asia Pacific chair Ryan Stork, who said: "Australia is home to ...

Former Sunsuper CIO joins advisory firm

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... finance at the Paul Woolley Centre, UTS, Sydney and a director of advisory firm Brookvine. Based in Double Bay in Sydney's east, MCG Wealth Management was established in 2005 to manage the portfolios of a select group of wealthy investors and charitable ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... Americas, developed Asia-Pacific, developed Europe, emerging Americas, emerging Asia-Pacific, emerging Europe and emerging Middle-East. Finally, the currency factors are the Australian dollar, British pound, Canadian dollar, euro, yen, New Zealand dollar ...

Rubik signs with Pakistan bank

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Rubik Financial signed its fifth Pakistan bank to collections platform CWX this week and will partner with fellow software firm Temenos to implement the project. The agreement with Bank Alfalah will see Rubik's CWX integrate with Temenos' T24 product ...

CSC announces three new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... holding the position of head people capability, Department of Defence, and deputy commander, Joint Task Force 633, Middle East, in 2013. Needham has also served as a commissioner of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and chair of ...

Insurance giant appoints Australian underwriter to Asia role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... McCauley will now be Chubb's environmental risk underwriter for Asia, reporting to regional manager, Asia Pacific and Far East - environmental risk Kane Bennett. He will oversee Chubb's environmental risk portfolio across the whole Asian region. Prior ...

Zurich appoints COO in major insurance restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... This will involve creating a new global leadership structure, wherein regional heads (in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific), global corporate, farmers and investment management will report to group chief ...

Saudi sovereign wealth fund flags US$3.5bn Uber investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... app Uber. The company will use some of the money, likely in the region of US$250 million, to help it expand in the Middle East. As many as 80% of its users in Saudi Arabia are women as local law prevents them from driving. Public Investment Fund managing ...