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Merger to create $885m LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... a regular income stream of fully franked dividends. Its top holdings include the four major banks, Macquarie, AMP, Amcor, QBE, BHP and Woolworths. Since its 2004 inception, it returned 11.3%, beating its benchmark by 2.2%. WLE, which has a similar mandate ...

CBA ramps up blockchain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational investors of bond-i. CBA is acting as the lead arranger. The $110 million issuance ...

LIC invests in crypto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... deemed to be the world's first. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational investors of bond-i. Bond-i was created and will be managed via distributed ledger ...

Integrity Life expands senior team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... Life. Integrity Life launched in early 2018 offering group risk products after raising $165 million of capital and acquiring QBE Life for $21.7 million. The deal saw Integrity Life underwriting the life insurance component of QBE's consumer credit ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational investors of bond-i. Bond-i has raised $110 million, including the above-mentioned ...

Finance sector in top three for giving: Report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... fourth most giving corporate donor, with 0.89% of its pre-tax profit donated. Financial services giants Macquarie (0.61%), QBE Insurance (0.55%), Suncorp (0.55%) and AMP (0.48) all also figured in the report's top 10 corporate donors. The report is an ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Bank awarded CBA a mandate to develop the Australian-dollar Kangaroo bond - termed "bond-i" - with input from Northern Trust, QBE, and Treasury Corporation of Victoria. CBA said the bond would be issued and distributed on a blockchain platform operated ...

Daido Life buys stake in life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... enterprises. Integrity Life launched in early 2018 offering group risk products after raising $165 million of capital and acquiring QBE Life for $21.7 million. The deal saw Integrity Life underwriting the life insurance component of QBE's consumer ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... ASX-listed insurer to force disclosures on climate risk. Local Government Super has co-filed a shareholder resolution over QBE Insurance Group's failure to disclose the risks, with Market Forces co-ordinating the move. The resolution requests QBE report ...

NSW government insurance arm appoints new chief after incumbent moves to QBE

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... the New South Wales government, icare, has appointed a new chief executive after the previous chief took on the top role at QBE Insurance. John Nagle will lead icare on an interim basis, having previously been group executive - workers insurance. Nagle ...