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Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Group insurance faces 'perfect storm'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
The current travails of the group insurance market may be just the beginning, with a "major blow-up" potentially around the corner, according to WA Super's general manager, client services, Paul Owen. "I've heard the words 'perfect storm' bandied around ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Confusion about the funding model of The New Daily has shown no sign of abating, after Nationals Senator John Williams requested the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) scrutinise The New Daily on the grounds that it is a bad investment. ...

QIC wins AustralianSuper US property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper has appointed direct property fund manager QIC to manage its US retail property investments. As of June 2013, AustralianSuper already had $1.1 billion in pooled investments with the Australian investment manager, which specialises in ...

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has categorically denied that The New Daily will be a politically partisan publication, saying if it took a political line it would "wither on the vine in five minutes." The launch of the industry super fund-owned ...

Insurance profit falls 25% in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
Insurance companies' results for the twelve months to September 30, 2013, reflect the struggle that the industry is going through at the moment, with a 26.5% fall in net profit after tax in the last 12 months. The net profit after tax stood at $2.2 ...

TAL's profits take a beating

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Life insurer TAL's profits have fallen by almost 60% since last year, according to second quarter figures released by TAL's Japanese parent company Dai-ichi Life. TAL's profit for the first six months of the Japanese financial year were $29 million ...

The New Daily not an investment: Silk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The New Daily news publication is not an investment but a member engagement tool, AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has said. Silk told Financial Standard that, since news of the new publication hit the press over the weekend, there had been ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
"A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot." - Isabel Allende, InA(C)s of My Soul It's looking a lot like a happy Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas, don't you think so Virginia? You, I and Irene have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Socially responsible investment took centre stage at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) 2013 National Conference in Perth this week. Speaking at the opening plenary session, international celebrity human rights lawyer Geoffrey ...