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Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... insurance plan, Real Insurance found consumers who buy insurance directly rather than through financial advisers, have the highest levels of satisfaction. "Given developments in technology, Australians are becoming increasingly confident about doing ...

Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... a relevant range of quality investment choices. This is further reflected in FirstChoice and CFS receiving some of the highest satisfaction ratings from both advisers and our customers," Elkins said.

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... from established insurers. In terms of the distribution segment, innovating the insurance sales process has attracted the highest number of startups around the globe, but it is also experiencing an activity and attractiveness mismatch in some areas. ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... markets. If you look at the earnings per share, you will find it was the second region in the world in the last 15 years with highest delivery of earnings growth," Asenjo said. SURA Asset Management is the investment manager for the King Irving Sura ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... manufacturing expansion gained more momentum (up to 52.7 in April - a 37 month high) and the service sector remaining at its highest level in 42 months despite recording a slight decline to 52.2 in April from 52.9 in the previous month. The Japanese ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... driven by higher employment and profitability conditions. The business confidence jumped 7 points to +13 in April - the highest level since September 2010. Elevated business confidence and conditions are showing up in rising advertisements for jobs. ...

Ausbil MicroCap suspends applications and redemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... Waters and Prunty at the helm. The Fund's 23.9% return per annum over a three year period previously placed it as the highest performing Australian equities small cap fund, but that dropped to 18th place in the latest 12 months with a return of 5.9% ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... sub-index jumping 5.4 points to 58.9 points in April. This marks the fourth month of expansion for selling prices and the highest monthly result since September 2008. Manufacturers may be regaining some ability to pass though cost increases, although ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... in the March quarter from 1.5% in the previous three-month period. This is now inside the RBA's 2%-3% target band, the highest reading in 10 quarters and the fourth quarter of steadily accelerating inflation. Even the core inflation measures have accelerated ...

VanEck to launch smart beta bond ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Corporate Bond Plus ETF tracks the Markit iBoxx AUD Corporates Yield Plus Index. This index targets the top 50% of the highest-yielding Australian-issued corporate bonds. Individual issuer exposure is capped at 5%, and 80% of the bonds in the index are ...