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More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... they were Al Qaeda and Afghanistan and Saddam and Iraq. Last night, screens were flashing red again with geo-political risk on reports that Lebanon fired at Israeli warplanes. So what if two Middle Eastern countries blow each other to smithereens? Just ...

Macq prepares for longevity risk

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... and product team, to be called MFG Longevity Solutions. While the industry has long recognised the impact of longevity risk on investment product design, the GFC worsened the situation by wiping out many people's already inadequate savings. That people ...

Bigger and better risk management

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... organisation, obviously there's been a number of them that stem from high level risk management issues. "They were reassessing risk on a daily or weekly basis - not on a real time basis. "And in today's world, with the ability to electronically trade ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... shares shed 24 cents, or 1.29 per cent, cents to $18.40. ANZ Banking Group said its first half 2009 profit after credit risk on derivatives and credit provisions will be 15 per cent lower than for the first half 2008. Its stock lifted 18 cents, or 1.46 ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... there, the environment for credit is probably the best." "It's pricing in the worst, if you like, so if we're going to put risk on the table, that feels like one of the better places to put it right now." But the fund's debt portfolio looks to be the ...

AXA direct property assets tops $900m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... property trusts from 40 per cent 18 months ago, to roughly 7.5 per cent. Dutton said he is not concerned with any valuation risk on any of fund's newly purchased direct properties. "I think the market may soften slightly but basically good quality assets ...

Goodall joins Plan for Life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
Former ANZ Financial Planning general manager, Mike Goodall has been appointed as a risk consultant at Plan For Life (PFL). According to Simon Solomon, managing director at Plan For Life, Goodall will facilitate implement PFL's Risk Online Quotation ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... whether the RBA hikes in November will be the CPI. Our underlying CPI forecast is 0.7 per cent. The PPI puts some upside risk on this forecast." "Another 0.9 per cent outcome for Q3, or higher, would provide unambiguous evidence that inflation is too ...

Coin rolls out insurance in updated software

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Coin Software said that the take-up of its new integrated insurance product shows that advisers are aware of the underinsurance gap in Australia and are trying to address it. Coin has signed over 50 dealer groups and boutique advisers to its INC product ...

BT Governance Service wins Emergency Services Super mandate

... leaders in the management of risk within communities - emergency services employees - values the proactive management of risk on behalf of its members and their long-term investment goals." Emergency Services Super CEO Graham Dunstan says the mandate ...