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Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Risk advice dealer group Synchron has asked industry stakeholders not to blame "churning" of life insurance policies only on advisers and demanded that insurers improve product design. Synchron noted that in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, "companies ...

Life insurance risk inflows reach $14.2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Life insurance risk market inflows grew by 11.2% during 2014, reaching about $14.2 billion, according to the latest report from Plan For Life. The report shows all companies experienced increases in their risk business with the highest percentage growth ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
It's bad, it's bad, it's bad you know it. They say bad news come in threes - we've got all three at the end of last week. Greece running out of money and reform deal still looks unlikely heading into its meeting with 'the institutions' four days and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The big miners and banks are dragging the share market lower as investors take profits from recent gains and exercise caution due to concerns about Greece's debts. A fall in BHP Billiton's share price, despite an overnight rise in base metal prices ...

Larry Fink warns of bubble in income assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Head of the world's largest fund manager has warned shareholders about an ever-expanding bubble in yield-paying assets, inflated by central bank liquidity measures. In a letter to shareholders, BlackRock chief executive Laurence Fink said aggressive ...

Risk mispricing a threat to investment: ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The investment community is under threat from the current mispricing of risk, according to ANZ chief executive Mike Smith. Speaking at recent Bloomberg event, Smith said he worries about the management of risk in an environment of such high liquidity. ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith believes any deflationary effect on China in the near future will be "quite limited". The comment came at a recent Bloomberg event attended by some of Australia's top business leaders, and where Smith addressed ANZ's plans ...

Standard Life absolute return bond fund added to platform

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Standard Life Investments Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies (ARGBS) has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. ARGBS is the second multi-asset fund from Standard Life Investments available to wholesale investors, following strong demand ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Sufferin' succotash! Now we're really in trouble. Australians all, let's not rejoice for the bad news is piling up on us... one after the other. There's slowing China - GDP decelerated to 7.0% in the first quarter from 7.4% in 2014 - and is pushing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower, weighed down by weakness in the big banks. HC Securities senior client adviser Mark Lennox said the banks were lower because investors had already factored in the probability of another interest rate cut ...