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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... depositors in the event of the collapse of a financial institution as happened with HIH in 2001 and the Pyramid Building Society and the State Bank of Victoria in the 1990's. Australia is one of the only industrial economies that does not guarantee customer ...

CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades - free of charge

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... spoke of the need for ongoing industry-wide reform. "The underinsurance gap comes at a huge cost to people, families and society," he said, citing the $250 million in government payouts alone to cover underinsurance related events last year. "I believe ...

JANA to manage $465 million transition for ASG

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
... and continue to achieve worthwhile educational benefits for our members' children," O'Connell said. ASG is a friendly society which provides education benefits for members. Individuals can apply to join the society and make contributions towards the ...

Citibank's Agent Penny: licensed to teach

... the nation's economy as well," he added. Citibank's community partner in the venture is the Malaysian Invention & Design Society (MINDS). "Conducting the Agent Penny program in over 12 schools reaching out to more than 10,000 children last year was indeed ...

Aust Scholarships Group waves goodbye to founder

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
Harry Tyler, chairman and co-founder of the Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) Friendly Society, has announced his retirement after working with the organisation for 32 years. ASG specialises in helping parents save for their children's education by ...

US pension fund wealth bigger than individual wealth

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... steer corporate behavior to effect positive outcomes for their members, not just financially but in the workplace and in society more broadly. Passive investment, meaning where it allowed poor corporate practice to carry on unchecked, was ultimately ...

Tyndall appoints former HSBCAM chief as new CEO

... to HSBC, he was head of retail funds management at IOOF during the time that the group was moving away from a friendly society services-based organisation to a funds management business. Sheehan also spent nine years at AXA before joining IOOF.

New director for Heritage CU

East & Partners have reported that Australia's largest building society Heritage has appointed financial markets and treasury expert Susan Campbell to the board. Heritage chairman Brian Carter said Campbell, who is based in Melbourne, would add financial ...

Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

... governance. "If direct ownership is extinct. And it is. And it isn't going to return. We need to push for a fiduciary society with active participation in corporate governance, long termism and then we need to keep costs in mind." The session was a live ...

Weekly economic roundup

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Ian Macfarlane's speech before the Economics Society of Australia reaffirmed the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's view that the central bank is unlikely to alter domestic monetary policy settings through ...