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AIA Aus hires Telecom CEO to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... directors," said Mark Wilson, chief executive and president at AIA Group. Gattung said her experience managing a listed company across three different markets had given her a unique perspective on business which she said would add value to the AIA Group ...

Avoid financial speculation: Pontiff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... ownership structures, leading to a breakdown in governance controls and ill-definition of who is actually responsible for a company or an institution. Despite the challenge of these business conditions, Pope Benedict was upbeat when he said, "Yet there ...

Smartphones and 3Gs boost fin services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Move over PC internet banking - the battle for more online financial services usage is now between 'apps' and browsers among smartphones and 3G users. A new survey called Mobile Financial Services: The Market Today & Opportunities for Tomorrow by comScore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... financial markets, Guy Debelle, takes part in a panel discussion at a Mortgage Finance Industry Association function. In company news, BHP Billiton Ltd issues second quarter production report and Woolworths Ltd posts fourth quarter sales results. Companies ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... reports. And for all the talk that cloud computing is just hot air, studies have shown that it provides real benefits to a company's bottom-line numbers. According to a study commissioned by global IT consultancy Avanade released in February this year ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Mercer Sentinel has made two consultant appointments to boost its operational and transactional services across the Asia Pacific. Pushkar Thakur has joined Mercer Sentinel in Sydney from Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business where he specialised ...

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute has launched a confidential trading platform that allows some of the biggest institutional investors to trade assets. Wholly owned by the institute, the Imbourse platform provides capital introduction between buyers ...

Pension fund suffers million-dollar meltdown

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Super funds could learn a harsh lesson from a Philippines based pension fund, after a software meltdown cost the fund an estimated $120 million in damages and led to a court case against a contractor for libel. Information technology contractor Questronix ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... to make the right calls, Christopher said financial planners must look analyse media reports, market announcements and company balance sheets to understand whether a trust is being unfairly discounted. "If there isn't a concern around some of those factors ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... now" (John Lennon) Wall Street have resumed its upward trek after tripping some weeks back as number crunchers lowered company profit expectations and the dumping of warm bodies on the unemployment heap continued unabated - raising doubts about the recovery. ...