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APRA issues warning on group risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Insurance regulator the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a warning that while the overall life insurance is in reasonable financial shape, sustained pressure on the group risk sector is becoming a strategic threat that insurers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
The Australian stock market has started the week lower amid a selloff in banking and resources stocks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner says the week start followed a lacklustre Friday session on Wall Street and continued the slide in local ...

Developed economies to outshine emerging world in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The interconnectedness which has played into the hands of emerging market economies in recent years is on the verge of shifting the balance the other way, according to a report by economists at Principal Global Investors. In the paper the investment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian stock market has pushed higher as bargain hunting investors take advantage of the previous day's sell-off. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market had pushed ahead despite a lacklustre lead from Wall Street. ...

Expected retirement age slowly going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Despite the policy push for increasing the retirement age, most Australians are still retiring in their early fifties even though more future retirees expect to have to keep working beyond age 70. The average age of retirement in Australia in 2012-13 ...

Managed funds top $1 trillion despite weak flows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Aitken said. "So on the one hand there's clear incentive to manipulate the closing price by ramping end-of-day trading to push the closing price to an artificial level. However, EOD dislocation could also simply reflect price pressure brought on by the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets. At 0859 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,257. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds ...

Fund managers rethink distribution approach after FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... to change to ensure that we meet the needs of our market." "The dialogue is changing: we are moving away from the product push and helping advisers understand how the product works." To Jollie, "the old-fashioned definition of retail and institutional ...