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Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
One in five working Australian families will suffer the death of a parent or a serious health problem over the course of both parent's working lives, according to new research - but how that impacts their finances can depend on their insurance cover. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open higher after US and European stocks and commodity prices gained overnight. At 0655 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 52 points higher at 4,587 points. In economic news ...

Netwealth buys $700m FUA planning firm Bridgeport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Platform and financial services provider, netwealth, has bought national dealer group, Bridgeport Financial Services - marking the company's foray into owning planning practices directly. Bridgeport has offices in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory after gains on Wall Street and European markets overnight. At 0710 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 57 points higher at 4,784. There ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
Thanks again. Well ok, just a small thank you perhaps. I don't know about you Virginia, but usually during days like these when the planets align - good economic data releases - Wall Street ramps it up, not the paltry less than half a per cent hop it ...

Mickey money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Walt Disney lives up to its reputation - that of cheering up depression. But is Wall Street now playing with Mickey Mouse Money? Walt Disney, with a little help from its friends - JC Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch Co -brightened Wall Street's sombre ...

UK platform assets rise 25 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
In a sign that UK investors could be more confident in the local equity market, one of the largest independent financial planning platforms in region has hit over $30 billion in assets under administration, rising by 25 per cent since the start of the ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
The former chief executive of Suncorp-Metway and guardian of the Future Fund Management Agency, John Mulcahy, has been appointed non-executive director at global consulting firm, Coffey International. Mulcahy starts work immediately at the ASX listed ...

GIC pockets $1.8 billion from Citi sale

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has sold half of its 9 per cent stake in Citigroup - a deal that plumped up GIC's coffers with a $1.8 billion (US$1.6 billion) profit. A press statement from GIC, which has over $100 billion in funds under management ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Global foreign direct investment flows have changed course in 2008 from developed countries to Africa - making West Africa the fastest growing receiver of FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends ...