Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced that Jonathan Madrigano, Director of Wealth Management, has achieved the company’s prestigious Family Wealth Director title.
Jonathan Madrigano will continue educating principals of private companies that are pre-IPO, private business owners who face near term appreciation events or business succession issues and clients whose wealth has the potential to change the [...]

LGPI, the pension institution for local governments in Finland, has signed an agreement with Ortec Finance to license its Asset Liability solution for pension plans Ortec Finance PALM. The ALM solution enables LGPI to formulate ALM strategies based on Ortec Finance state of the art scenario generation, asset and liability methodologies. The selection of was [...]

Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis has announced a Pounds Sterling 20 million DfT scheme to provide public sector organisations with electric powered vans in order to demonstrate the potential of new technologies for decarbonising road transport. Up to 150 vans will be distributed later this year between six local authority groups across the country and six [...]

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) will be audio webcast live at www.aigwebcast.com on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Shareholders planning to attend the Annual Meeting should bring photo identification. In addition, if shares are held in “street name” shareholders should bring an account statement or other acceptable [...]

The Corporate Library, the leading source for independent corporate governance information and risk analysis, is pleased to announce “The Future of Corporate Reform,” a conference designed to give public fund managers and trustees the knowledge and tools to create long-term value, shape corporate reform, and repair the markets. The conference will take place at the [...]

NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, today released Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation, a report analyzing trends in asbestos filings and settlements, in light of legislative and judicial tort reform over the past several years.
The report, co-authored by NERA Senior Vice [...]

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* Oracle Insurance today introduced Oracle® Revenue Management and Billing for Insurance, providing insurers the robust billing capabilities necessary to deliver streamlined, convenient billing, payment and collections processes, and improve service to customers and distribution channels.
* Oracle’s new solution [...]

Shawn Cooper, Managing Director and Country Manager at Russell Reynolds Associates, is pleased to announce that Tom Long and Brad Belanger have joined the firm as consultants in the Toronto office.
Tom Long joins the firm as a Managing Director and his practice will leverage his extensive experience in senior executive search, board search and executive [...]

(TSX:KFS, NYSE:KFS) Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (”Kingsway” or “Company”) announced that it expects to report a material fourth quarter loss due to underwriting losses at its subsidiary Lincoln General Insurance Company (”Lincoln”), impairments to goodwill, further valuation allowance of future tax assets and net realized losses on investments. All amounts contained within this press release [...]

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (BAY) and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced an agreement under which BAY will acquire AIG Retail Bank Public Company Limited and AIG Card (Thailand) Company Limited. The transaction, subject to the approval of the Bank of Thailand and BAY’s shareholders, is expected to be completed in April 2009.
Under [...]