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CBA's First State expands into China

... are all highly regarded Chinese companies well known for the quality of their business practices," CBA investment and insurance services group executive Stuart Grimshaw said. "The new company will be known as FSI Hantang Fund Management Company Limited ...

Mike Wilkins elected ICA president

Promina Group Ltd has announced its managing director and CEO Mike Wilkins has been elected president of the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). Wilkins will replace outgoing president Raymond Jones who has been in the position since 2001. "I am honoured ...

ASIC gives AMP green light for demerger

... demerger offer to retail investors even though it has expressed concern at the level of information the beleaguered insurance and financial services giant has made available. "The fact that potentially important details of the demerger have yet to be ...

Victorian insurance agent gets three years for theft

Former insurance agent Joseph McNeany has been sentenced to three years in jail on 20 charges of theft, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) said today. McNeany, of Richmond, Victoria, will serve one year of the term in custody ...

ASIC issues warning on AMCO and United insurance policies

... Commission (ASIC) has taken further Federal Court action in relation to four Australian companies who have been writing insurance on behalf of Bosnian-based insurer Grand Osiguranje AD Zvornik (Grand), after serious concerns surfaced last week about ...

APRA's Thompson to go at the end of June

... finishing up at the end of his current term on June 30. APRA came under heavy criticism in the wake of the collapse insurance company HIH. Although the regulator escaped explicit blame for the collapse, the subsequent Royal Commission report into the ...

Wesfarmers to buy Edward Lumley Holdings for $320 million

... Wesfarmers has confirmed that talks are underway to buy Edward Lumley Holdings (ELH), the parent company of trans-Tasman insurance and financial services technology group Lumley Insurance, for approximately $320 million. The price, if the deal goes ahead ...

GDP grows 2.9% for 2002-2003 and 0.7% in the March quarter: ABS

... construction industry contributed 0.2% to growth and there were a number of industries contributing 0.1%: finance and insurance, manufacturing and wholesale trade. The growth was offset by negative contributions from property and business services (-0.2%) ...

APRA introduces licence fees for new ADIs

... Authority (APRA) has introduced licence fees of up to $68,200 for new authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), general insurance companies and life insurance companies, it has announced. APRA chief executive Graeme Thompson said that licensing ...

IFSA gives thumbs up to draft Superannuation Bill

... balanced." "We have put a consistent case to government to build on the existing strengths of retail superannuation, life insurance and managed funds - businesses that currently meet licensing, registration and risk management requirements, and now we ...