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Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... half results are due. Department store giant Myer Ltd releases second quarter sales data and Santos chief executive David Knox speaks at the Melbourne Mining Club. The Australian share market closed almost one per cent higher on Wednesday, buoyed by ...

Planners want insurance integration

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... software land accelerate. "It's following what's happening now on the investment side - it's the next wave through," said Andrew Knox, analyst at Investment Trends. "The planners writing risk are probably more likely to be technology adopters going forward ...

Paragem to drive process improvement

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... doing the business analysis and software reconfiguration, if necessary, to make the practice work more efficiently, said Ian Knox, Paragem's managing director. "It isn't unusual for a practice head to be frustrated with the complexity of software functions ...

GFC spurs DB plans commitment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... done well use financial instruments such as swaps, futures, forwards and options to manage risk in their DB plans," said Sam Knox, vice president and director of research, CFO Research Services. "Conversely, those respondents whose plans were hardest ...

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... endowment contracts and selling life insurance products while Australia has a more mature "holistic" advice operation, said Ian Knox, managing director at Paragem. However, should Australia follow the same path and ban commissions on investment advice ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... provision of services from an outsourced provider, Mercer found super fund reserves should be higher than at present. David Knox, actuary and worldwide partner at Mercer, said a "head in the sand attitude is not appropriate". "Our survey shows there ...

Paragem tips scales for small planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... independence and quality of service are driving the demand for the 'shared services' model, said Paragem's managing director Ian Knox. Knox said some planning groups are taking a different approach to stay ahead of the pack even as the market continues ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... stated. Local bankers claimed that Abu Dhabi's wealth could make it a global hub for asset management and insurance. Eirvin Knox, CEO of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) said that while UAE's high inflation may delay these ambitions, the underlying support ...

PI a priority at Paragem

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... the [legislation] favoured large institutional groups because they could afford professional indemnity insurance," said Ian Knox, managing director of Paragem Partners. The new legislation on compensation requires information to be provided to underwriters ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... because of the potential tax benefits and the ability to control capital gains tax on franking credits on dividends. Andrew Knox, platform consultant at Rainmaker, said wraps would continue to enhance their direct equity range and technology to nullify ...