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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Banking stocks dragged the Australian share market down at noon as the bailout of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) failed to calm global financial markets. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 166.8 points or 3.53 per cent lower ...

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... website. "[The fund will be] owned by members, similar to other Western Australian member-owned organisations such as the RAC and HBF," said GESB. Members of the West State Super and GESB Super accumulation schemes and Retirement Income scheme will fall ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... Policy Agenda 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 ...

IAG restructures and jumps on web

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
Insurance group IAG is to merge its CGU and Business Partnerships businesses, revamp its direct insurance arm and will soon launch a separate online outfit. IAG is merging its commercial underwriting unit CGU and Business Partnerships division to create ...

HBOS promotes Aussie chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
HBOS Australia's wealth and insurance arm, St Andrew's Australia, chief executive John Van Der Wielen, has been appointed director of distribution for HBOS' insurance and investment division in the UK as a reward for his work in Australia. Van Der Wielen ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... closed up 5.38 points at 17,670.07. HONG KONG - Stocks rose 0.50 per cent tracking strong US markets and led by Chinese insurance stocks such as China Life as investors looked for laggards on China's surging bourses. The Hang Seng Index rose 101.56 points ...

Alternative goes mainstream as long-only dies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... allocations to alternative assets and absolute-return products. In addition, a growing number of defined benefit and insurance funds are turning to the bond and derivatives markets to implement Liability Driven Investment (LDI) strategies." The investment ...

Aviva badges deal with HBOS

The insurance and investment arm of HBOS Australia, St Andrews will be using a badged version of Aviva's Navigator investment platform to administer its clients investments. The announcement follows Aviva's recent deal with Infocus securing a $500 million ...

BankWest parent picks up RACV Financial Services

... 1.3 million members. SAFS services will continue to include advice and products within the wealth management and life insurance sector as well as other products from within the HBOS group. The deal would also allow HBOS to provide these services to BankWest ...

Super funds offering more additional services: new report

... icing on the cake in terms of benefits are things like: offering investment flexibility; a good and well priced range of insurance options; non-super investments like savings and education plans; access to financial services products like home loans ...