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Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
International equities are rising in popularity among Australian advisers, a Zurich survey has found. Almost 70% of advisers surveyed reported they intend to increase their clients' allocation to international equities in the next six to 12 months. ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after a Federal Reserve official said QE3 would likely do little to spur the US economy. At 0749 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
SYDNEY, Sept 25 AAP - The Australian market is slightly weaker as delays in implementing the Greek bailout package frustrate investors and commodity prices fall. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.3 points, or 0.21 per ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
In a major speech on military policy to the Returned Services League national conference this morning, opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer ...

Storm preyed on the naive: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Storm Financial consciously targeted unsophisticated retiree investors who owned their homes but were inexperienced in financial matters, a Brisbane court has heard. Allan Myers, QC who is representing ASIC said investors were lured by presentations ...

Metlife appoints head of group pricing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
MetLife Insurance has named Adam Fusca as head of group pricing in Australia. Prior to his new role, he worked at Tal where he held the role as head of group insurance products and pricing. He is a qualified actuary, and has previously also held various ...

QE3 will be different

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
The Federal Reserve's new easing programme, know as QE3, could be different from the first two rounds due to a stronger global economy and improvements within the US housing market, Fidelity said. According to Core Logic the level of negative equity ...

InsuranceLine launches Income Protection Plus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Direct insurance provider InsuranceLine Australia has launched a new income protection plus product, which it claims will bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian market. The new product, Income Protection Plus, offers applicants ...

Indexing reaches all time high

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Indexed funds under management have enjoyed enormous popularity since the GFC, with assets outgrowing non-indexed FUM by a factor of seven to one. June 2012 saw the figure for indexed FUM climb to $238 billion - the highest ever level in Australia ...