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Investors want to unpack asset-backed transactions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... being discounted because investors were concerned about the product. "The market will need to work to overcome this development by ensuring that there is sufficient information and transparency available to investors to enable them to differentiate between ...

AUI to enter Qld mortgages market

... in the financial services area. He was previously at Suncorp-Metway where he held a number of credit and business development positions. Prior to this, he was senior business development manager - property finance (NSW) and has worked with National Australia ...

US Fed hints rates holiday may be over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
The US Federal Reserve, stung by criticism it dropped rates to protect favoured institutions in a preferred segment, is warning they won't keep protecting them forever. "To be sure, lowering interest rates to keep the economy on an even keel when adverse ...

AIG's insurance web revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... super funds handle their insurance can lead to big efficiency improvements," said Damien Mu, national manager business development at AIG. The new AIG website is a one-stop shop platform that streamlines administration, workflows, underwriting and even ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... life insurance to be a costly, time-consuming exercise, according to an Allianz report. Meredith Barnes, national development manager, said women either underestimate what it would cost to replace their contribution or simply fail to recognise the importance ...

All aboard SimCorp Xpress

... their client's increasingly sophisticated requests. The group spends about 22 per cent of its sales on research and development (R&D), nearly double the R&D cost spent by some of their rivals, said Ravn. "We're investing in the future and that is not ...

AustralianSuper marks $30b milestone

AustralianSuper is fast becoming the titan of all super funds after reporting a near 50 per cent increase in funds under management (FUM) to over $30 billion in under 18 months. AustralianSuper told members about the record growth of FUM at its annual ...

Aberdeen expands BDM team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed former AXA business development manager Con Koromilas and Aberdeen UK and Europe marketing head Brett Jollie to new business development manger positions. Koromilas will be regional sales manager for New South ...

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... market and to industry in India". Projects earmarked for the investment are national highways, railway infrastructure development, ports, aviation infrastructure and energy, said Umesh Gupta, chairman of Gammon India Ltd, a leading Indian engineering ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... and New Delhi now find their properties worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and in-turn this is fuelling property development as residents become tempted to sell out to harvest the values of their appreciating real estate. This is in stark contrast ...