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Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... services firms to have appropriate procedures in place to ensure business continuity. Manny Pohl, chief executive officer of Brisbane-based Hyperion Asset Management, said that the impact of the floods on Hyperion's business was minimal, thanks in no ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... replacement. "You'll have a massive employment squeeze, so people will be needed for both the mines plus the rebuild of Brisbane, so unemployment should drop." The materials sector was mostly weaker, with BHP Billiton down 39 cents at $45.46 and Rio ...

Insurer members adopt FSC flood model

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... 7,000 general insurance claims with an estimated insurable value of $365 million, not including major claim areas such as Brisbane or Toowoomba. The Commonwealth government is ultimately responsible for 75 per cent of the costs relating to the provision ...

Zenith wins four fin planning mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... to complement DFS' internal investment processes. BDO Wealth Management in Melbourne and I-Group Financial, based in Brisbane and Newcastle, contracted Zenith around two months ago. Like Wilson HTM, BDO and I-Group will use Zenith as its primary external ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... the overseas markets, (they) did not give us a great lead," RBS Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said from Brisbane. "We have not gone down to the extent that they have where there was not a positive lead." Mr Chatterton said financial markets ...

Port of Brisbane in the hands of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The $33 billion AustralianSuper is adding the Port of Brisbane to its infrastructure portfolio - the latest addition to its $4.5 billion infrastructure portfolio after the fund signalled its intentions to be a key player in the asset class earlier this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Group chief executive officer and managing director, Mike Wilkins, addresses the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce in Brisbane. On the Gold Coast, the Financial Planning Association opens its three-day national conference and, in Perth, the case between ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... "Woodside, with Shell selling 10 per cent of its stake, that has been knocked down quite a bit," Mr Chatterton said from Brisbane. "That Shell is selling out of it is a little bit of a negative in the short-term, but I don't think (so) in the longer ...

Intrust chair retires

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... professional sector it is today," said Intrust Super chief executive, Brendan O'Farrell. Intrust Super was established in Brisbane in 1988. It manages about $1.1 billion in investments on behalf of approximately 150,000 members.

Westscheme sells $300m Brisbane property

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The $3.2 billion Westscheme has sold its stake in Brisbane Square for $300 million to Telstra Super and the Charter Hall Core Plus Office Fund. According to a media statement yesterday, Westscheme announced the $300 million enterprise value meant the ...