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Zurich makes further additions to Life Risk team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has appointed two senior Life Risk underwriters. Former OnePath underwriter Tran Rogers has joined Zurich's Adelaide office while Ian McGregor will be based in Sydeny. Rogers has more than 12 years' experience ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
ARC Ratings SA, a debt market ratings service formed during the GFC to focus mainly on midsize European companies and emerging markets, is proposing a new approach to its bond risk categorisations. ARC Ratings, formed in 2008, is a joint venture ratings ...

Ausbil acquired by New York Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
US fund manager New York Life Investments has completed the acquisition of Dexia Asset Management for a,-380 million ($587 million). The acquisition includes Dexia's Australian boutique funds management business, Ausbil, which will join New York Life ...

CMCRC launches regulator tool to test market "fairness"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has launched a tool for reviewing the impact of market design changes in capital markets, in a bid to defend against knee-jerk regulatory responses to crises. The Market Quality Dashboard enables ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
The share market has started the week with losses following falls out of the US and expectations there will not be any rate cuts in Australia soon. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the fact that a cut in the cash rate was deemed unlikely ahead of ...

Future Fund quiet on leadership changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Future Fund managing director Mark Burgess has remained tight-lipped on whether he believes former treasurer Peter Costello will be appointed the fund's chair, following speculation last week that he was the strong favourite for the role. But while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
The share market has started the week with losses following falls out of the US and expectations there will not be any rate cuts in Australia soon. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the fact that a cut in the cash rate was deemed unlikely ahead of ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
President of the United States Barack Obama has proposed a new retirement savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional ...

ASIC examines risks posed by complex products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a new report examining the risks posed by complex products and how it will work to regulate them. 'Report 384 Regulating complex products' outlines sets out ASIC's recent and current ...

China unlikely to achieve 10% growth again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
"Does the future belong to China? Maybe, but the thrill is gone," Principal Global Investors Chief Economist Bob Baur stated at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Melbourne. "We don't think China is ever going to see 10% growth again. ...