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IAG appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
IAG has appointed the former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Australia as its new chair. Elizabeth Bryan has been a director of IAG since December 2014 and became deputy chair in June 2015. She is also the chair of Virgin Australia and ...

AMP Capital appoints multi-asset portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new portfolio manager to its multi-asset group. Darren Beesley joins the asset manager from IAG Asset Management where he was portfolio manager for the asset allocation team. Prior to that, he was with Perpetual as portfolio ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... addressing the threats and opportunities posed by disruption from technological innovation. Initiatives such as Westpac Garage, IAG Labs and Macquarie's support of innovation hub Stone & Chalk, according to Macdonald, show the big institutions are interested ...

Mercer appoints diversity leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... earlier career included several corporate affairs, communications and marketing roles at firms including Macquarie Group, IAG and Honner Media. "Globally, improving gender equity in the workplace continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing ...

IAG appoints COO from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
IAG has appointed a new chief operating officer. Mark Milliner joins the IAG executive team from Suncorp, where he was chief executive personal insurance. He has held numerous other roles at the $17 billion insurance group since 1994, including general ...

BOQ appoints former Wallaby as specialist chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... from Icon Cancer Care, where he was managing director and chief executive. He has also held roles at Mondial Assistance and IAG and played for the Wallabies as an open side flanker from 1996 to 1998. At BOQ, he will oversee BOQ's financial services solutions ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
IAG has set out to embrace digital disruption in naming the person to replace the retiring Mike Wilkins as managing director and chief executive. Peter Harmer will take over the role on 16 November 2015, though Wilkins, who led the business for seven ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... Australia Group leaping up on the news that billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying a $500 million stake in it. IAG was up 20 cents, or 3.6 per cent, to $5.77, and Suncorp had improved 23 cents to $13.62. The banks were higher after ...

Buffett insurer partners with IAG

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Warren Buffett-chaired Berkshire Hathaway has entered a strategic partnership with Insurance Australia Group (IAG). The partnership consists of a ten-year 20% quota share agreement, with Berkshire acquiring roughly 90 million IAG shares (for a total ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... equity markets have closed sharply higher before a G7 finance meeting focusing on Greece's debt drama, while airlines group IAG neared its takeover of Irish rival Aer Lingus. Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthiest ...