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G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... manufacturing PMI slid to a reading of 4.48 in Feb from 12.51 in Jan; the Philly Fed index fell to minus 6.3 in Feb from plus 9.4 in Jan. Blame the weather too for the drop in retail spending in Canada (down 1.8% in December) and the United Kingdom (down ...

Crowdfunding investment platform launched

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... OzForex and Freelancer. In 2014, other successful Australian startups such as Atlassian and Bigcommerce may see $1 billion plus listings in the US."

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... hearts (errr, pockets) but you won't know it gauging from the financial markets' reaction. Australian equities rose a bit (plus 0.3% on the ASX 200), the yield on 10-year Aussie bonds skip a bit (plus 4 bps) and the dollar-A gyrated around US$0.90 but ...

A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... situation at retirement with 37.4% expecting to have enough or more than enough to retire. In a parallel piece of research, Club Plus Super highlighted that average 65 year old retirees might be forced to rely on the age pension to fund their lifestyle ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... rate of joblessness and keep the gloom going. The latest report showed that U-6 (described by the BLS as "Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the ...

Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... higher than retail funds. A year ago the difference was almost 8%. Of the big five retail fund providers (the big four banks plus AMP), AMP scored lowest at 46.4%, followed by ANZ. Public sector funds, meanwhile, scored much higher than either retail ...

Risk Premium inflows up 9.6% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... Sales year on year. The Life Insurance Risk Market is comprised of both Individual Risk Lump Sum & Risk Income Insurances plus Group Risk Insurance.

$1.5 billion given away by PAFs since launch

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... providing support beyond dollars to their chosen causes. When compared to other individual, bequest, trust and foundation plus corporate support for eligible DGRs, PAFs represent around 5% of total giving and have grown faster than other sources.

RBA rate cut on cards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... of diversified income funds that have the flexibility to invest across a range of asset classes. The Goldman Sachs Income Plus Fund, which is co-managed by Bell, is made up of cash, Australian fixed interest, global high yield, A-REIT and infrastructure ...

Zurich appoints national head of sales

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... years financial services experience across a range of roles, including sales management, staff development and underwriting plus seven years as a financial planner. He replaces Marc Fabris, who was promoted to a global role as head of New Distribution ...