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ING's Kincaid promoted

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... Australia has promoted Sally Kincaid to the role of executive director of people and performance. Kincaid was previously head of human resources for Citi's investment and corporate bank in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this she worked at AMP for ...

JANA recruits ex-Mercer manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... consulting. Prior to joining JANA, Plant was the national administration manager standalone superannuation funds for Mercer Human Resource Consulting. In this role, Plant was responsible for 170 staff in two states, administering 62 major corporate superannuation ...

Businesses weighed down by choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... found the service could be improved further to deal with delays with refunded payments. "We realise there's an argument the human resource cost is a sunk cost, but tell that to the payroll managers who get in at 7am and stay back till 7pm to process ...

Oceanic and AIFA launch 13-wk FP course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
A joint venture between Sydney based Oceanic Human Resources and the Australian Institute of Financial Services & Accounting (AIFA) is addressing the national financial planner shortage by creating a 13-week fast track planning course. The Professional ...

AIG Life promotes two

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
AIG Life has promoted Damien Green to general manager of insurance and Damien Mu to head of group insurance. Mu previously worked as national client development manager at AIG Life and replaces Green who previously held the position. Meanwhile, Green ...

FTSE100 shines in ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... weak reporting. According to EIRiS, the greatest improvements have been seen in environmental policy development as well as human rights and supply chain management. "Health and safety management systems have improved - 80 per cent of companies now have ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The near invisible response of ASEAN to the Myanmar disaster highlights how despite all the talk of the world realigning economically, the Asia-Pacific region still point to the West for the heavy global lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East ...

AXA appoints group insurance head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... relationships especially through its master trust distribution network," he said. "There will be an increased focus from human resources consultants, brokers and employers in insurance as a key employee benefit and a real differentiator in this tight ...

Super funds pay little attention to biotech

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... biotech initiatives form the basis of strong returns. "You need to take a broad sector view, that means you have to invest in human health care, in diagnostics, devices and invest in industrial and environmental projects," he said. And at the heart of ...

Bravura becomes a prime buy target

... industry. For example, Bravura counts Perpetual, AXA, Commonwealth Bank, BT Financial, ING, AMP, Suncorp-Metway and Mercer Human Resource Capital as clients. It also provides the superannuation administration software to four of the country's top five ...