Suncorp
Metway (SUN)
Suncorp on the ASX Stock
Exchange
Access the latest stock market report on Suncorp
Metway
Is it time to Buy, Sell or Hold Suncorp Metway
stocks?
Suncorp Metway is a financial
services company located in Queensland and its core business
expense to retail banking, general insurance, wealth management
and business banking. Back in 2007 Suncorp Metway merged with
Promina and all of their business operations are separate and
operate within the integrated financial services
group.
Of the banking front
Suncorp has outlets all throughout Australia covering both
retail and business banking but the majority of their business
is situated in Queensland.
Suncorp services over 800,000
customers across over 170 retail outlets and provides home and
personal loans, margin lending, credit cards, savings and
transaction accounts and foreign currency services.
Back in 2007 from other was one of
Australia's largest general insurance companies and some called
merged with them enabling them to become Australia's third
largest general insurance group with written premiums in excess
of $3.8 billion. Suncorp’s insurance business covers all the
usual insurance products such as home and contents, motor and
boat, compulsory third-party insurance, workers compensation,
personal effects cover and a range of commercial insurance
products all targeted to the small to medium business. In
Queensland alone Suncorp has over 1.5 million vehicles
registered for compulsory third-party.
Suncorp also has strong roots in
the wealth management area and services over 165,000 individual
and small business clients. They provide the full range of
wealth management products including superannuation, life
insurance products, managed investments like unit trusts and of
course financial planning and advice. They have in excess of
200 financial advisers and planners servicing their extensive
network of clients.
Suncorp’s share price reached a
high of nearly $24 at the end of 2006 and has since fallen from
grace. 2007 and 2008 saw the share price drop an amazing amount
in the midst of the economic crisis and on the 9th of February
2009 closed at $5.26.
|
Suncorp Metway Quick Facts (as of
1 February
2009)
-
Chairman:Mr John Story
-
MD/CEO: Mr John Mulcahy
-
Industry Group: Insurance
-
Shares on
issue: 1,013,349,638
-
Market Cap: $7,225,182,919
-
www.suncorp.com.au
|
|
|
Free
CFD Tutorial
Why trade CFDs?
7 tips for successful CFD
trading
Best CFD
Trading books
More ASX
Hot Stocks
Back to Top
|