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Boardrooms lack female directors: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
More than half of the country's ASX200 listed companies don't have a female board director - prompting one gender advocacy group to release a name-and-shame report on the gender imbalance that continues to prevail in the financial services sector. Women ...

State Super invests $270m in Epoch fund

COMNPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
State Super Financial Services has injected $270 million into Epoch Investment Partners' Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategy. The SSFS mandate will be managed by Epoch's Eric Sappenfield, managing director and portfolio manager. "Epoch's investment ...

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
UK demand for variable annuities has dropped significantly during the third quarter of 2009 as sales fell from more than $610 million to over $250 million. The Watson Wyatt research found variable annuity sales between the second and third quarter fell ...

AIG rebrands as Chartis

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
AIG has been relaunched as Chartis throughout Australasia. Chris Townsend, chief executive of Chartis, acknowledged that the image of the insurance giant's parent company, AIG, has been tarnished followings the firm's trials during the GFC. "This is ...

ETFs delve deeper into China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Australian financial planners may soon be able to diversify their exposure to emerging markets after iShares launched its China A Share exchange traded funds (ETF). The five ETFs started trading in Hong Kong last week and are not yet available to Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger after a lift in European markets following the Dubai debt shock and after it became clear that Dubai's debt had had limited impact on local stocks. At 0704 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

TOWER wins key mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
TOWER Australia Group caps the year with major insurance wins, dividends up 15 per cent and new business up 54 per cent. The group also saw life inforce premium up 15 per cent to $784 million for the year to September thanks to its indiviudal life sales. ...

CSRF rebrands

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
The $3.2 billion Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has changed its name and logo to Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund, representing its Australia-wide membership. The name change of the fund, which had $3.18 billion at the ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Rogue hedge funds will lie, cheat and connive to get investor money, and while the regulators lack muscle to stop them, there are ways for pension funds to quickly spot the next Madoff. Professor Stephen Brown, a top academic who presented at a hearing ...

Deloitte expands Islamic finance business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Deloitte is pushing further into Islamic finance with the appointment of a global leader to manage the Shariah compliant division's operations. Daud Vicary Abdullah was appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu global leader of the Islamic Finance Industry ...