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Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... of course. However we continue to be comfortable investing in this space and will not be backing out," he said. Ratings agency Standard and Poors said it was not yet clear if the six catastrophe bonds exposed to Japan earthquake peril that it rates would ...

Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Federal Government as an 'employer of choice' for women. The Government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) acknowledged 98 organisations for their strong commitment to global inclusion policies. State Street said that this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Japan's sovereign debt rating. Car giant Toyota, struggling after a string of recalls, also suffered a knock after ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the firm to "AA-" from "AA", citing "weak profitability". Investors in mainland China took ...

Macq customised portfolio mgt makes the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has rated two Macquarie Customised Portfolio Management products, increasing the number of researcher-rated SMAs available to financial advisers. The research firm gave the MCPM Core Australian Equity SMA model fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... production fell 0.1 per cent from November but was 8.0 per cent stronger than in December 2009, the European Union's Eurostat agency said Monday. The December figures were slightly weaker than the market consensus estimate of flat output on the month ...

Zurich poaches IUS Life team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... A, Suzanne Lee, Personal Assistant Previously, Zurich offered group risk services but outsourced the distribution to an agency called Bluegum. That three-year contract ended last year, which gave the company an opportunity to look at having the capability ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... value and the third largest by total premiums, serving four million policyholders through a network of 24 branches, 500 agency offices, approximately 4,100 employees and more than 33,000 agents. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... both! I think someone didn't do his homework. For it was only 11 days ago, on Friday 3 December 2010, that Xinhua news agency reported that Beijing's top honchos announced that they are switching their monetary policy from a moderately loose to a prudent ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... Global Asset Management with $97 billion, but this is only 9 per cent more than the number two ranked Future Fund Management Agency with $89 billion.

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... their defined benefit liabilities. After extensive consultation with the industry, Ireland's National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) will begin to offer higher yielding, longer dated bonds, which will then be used by insurance companies to facilitate ...