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Coin extends MLC and Macq service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... allowing advisers to confirm accounts on the Macquarie website using their existing Coin login. Advisers can also apply for insurance application for clients online, meaning once registered to use Macquarie Life products, an application is sent to Macquarie's ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... selected industries - wholesale, retail, construction, transport & storage, property & business services, finance & insurance - and a 0.6 per cent fall in manufacturing. Higher commodity prices continue to boost investment spending in mining, rising ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... index futures contract was up 31 points at 4,875. Annual results are due from Goodman Group, Worldwide Exploration, Insurance Australia Group, Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund and Billabong International. Interim results are due from Caltex Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... Clough Resources, Auckland International Airport, Cabcharge, and Macquarie Office Trust. Interim results are due from QBE Insurance, Babcock and Brown, Santos, Iluka Resources, Thakral Holdings, and Adelaide Brighton Ltd. AWB Ltd will hold a shareholders ...

Barclays UK takes life insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
UK based Barclays Bank penned a deal with Norwich Union to provide life insurance products for the retail market online, a strategy which contrasts the approach of many Australian insurance firms. The deal means Barclays will offer both level and decreasing ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... three times more than expectations. A report from Goldman Sachs added to the gloom. Goldman Sachs reported that American Insurance Group -- the largest US insurer - might be facing a 'downward spiral' of credit losses and could be forced to raise capital ...

HSBC contracts Allianz for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
HSBC Bank Australia is partnering with Allianz Australia to provide general insurance products under the HSBC brand to the Australian market. HSBC previously provided insurance to the Australian market using a number of insurers. The bank's move to ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... million (AUD$4.2 million). To protect investors, these financial services providers are also required to pay for indemnity insurance cover, part of which will be used to compensate investors for any fraudulent behaviour or contract breach. In the financial ...

Govt revises temporary res super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... superannuation that has been paid to the Commonwealth." The new arrangement will allow temporary residents to be gain momentary insurance cover and help attract foreign skilled workers to address the skills shortage in Australia, according to a government ...

Changing of the guard: TOWER

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
TOWER Australia today unveilled Japanese insurance giant Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance as its new cornerstone investor - marking a generational change in business strategy and direction for TOWER's operations. Dai-ichi, Japan's oldest mutual life insurance ...