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Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at whether longevity insurance is the key to making retirement funds go the distance. We also investigate why the much-vaunted Asia Funds Passport might not get off the ground andA we speak to MetLife ...

ClearView launches online health reward system

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
ClearView Wealth has launched a program that gives discounts on insurance policies to clients who prove that they take care of their health. The ClearView online version of the initiative was launched only a day after a major insurance group announced ...

Westpac appoints deputy CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
Westpac Group has created the role of deputy chief executive officer to address strategic issues such as the Financial System Inquiry and regulatory change. The current chief financial officer Phil Coffey will start in the new role of deputy chief executive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mainly positive lead from Wall Street as investors weighed improved unemployment claims data ahead of a key monthly jobs report. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Media Super CIO departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Jon Glass has left his role as chief investment officer at industry fund Media Super. The fund will not appoint a replacement for Glass, with the position of chief investment officer being absorbed into that of chief executive. Media Super chief executive ...

Industry overestimates amount needed for retirement

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
The amount needed to fund the average retirement is much lower than the global pension industry currently estimates, research from Morningstar shows. Using US government data and a "fairly simple" market and mortality model, the investment researcher ...

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Planned changes to the regulation of managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) will not go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
AIA Australia has launched a fitness program that will be sold to clients who purchase an insurance policy via financial advisers. The AIA Vitality program was launched in Sydney this morning at the Incentivising a Healthier Australia national forum. ...

OneVue rules out further acquisitions in run up to IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
OneVue chief executive Connie Mckeage has ruled out any more acquisitions as the wholesale SMSF solutions provider looks towards Easter for its much anticipated IPO. Mckeage said that despite OneVue "always looking for acquisitions" in the platform ...