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Improved distribution strengthens ClearView result

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... leveraged its life insurance business and financial adviser relationships to expand its wealth management division in FY17, recording a 17% increase in funds under management. The wealth division now has $2.5 billion FUM with double-digit growth underpinned ...

Life insurers post mixed performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
Group disability income insurance has turned a corner for life insurers, recording strong earnings after years of mediocre performance, APRA's FY17 life insurance statistics show. Group disability income insurance contributed $152 million of profit ...

Magellan adds John Eales to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... Magellan's annual general meeting in October. Magellan reported total funds under management of $52.2 billion as at May, recording about $142 million of inflows, which included $35 million of net retail inflows into global equities strategies, $30 million ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... well above its long-run average of +5. As NAB put it: "The strength looks to be quite broad-based, with all industries recording positive business conditions for only the second time since 2010..." However, the news is not so good in terms of business ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... 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 equity market's positive underpinning ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... have shown signs of slowing down in April (that's Melbourne and Sydney), with the CoreLogic Hedonic Home Value Index recording a rise of just 0.1% over April, the lowest month-on-month rise in capital city dwelling values since December 2015." While ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... slowed growth overall, 51% of sovereign funds experienced an increase in assets over the last 12 months, with only 29% recording falls compared to 36% last year. Preqin manager of premium publications and editor of the report, Selina Sy, said sovereign ...

ANZ trials voice biometrics

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... fingerprints. "The technology is now so advanced that it can tell the difference between identical twins or even a voice recording," Dalton said. "People are becoming more comfortable with using their voice to do basic commands on their devices, so we ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... overseas economies" is perhaps, more on the pessimistic side. The Ministry of Finance released data showing the country recording a ¥813.4 billion trade surplus in February, up from a ¥1,086.9 billion deficit in the previous month and a ¥235.5 billion ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... assets performed far worse than those with more. Highlighting this, ISA cited funds with less than $50,000 in assets recording negative returns of 16.9% and fund with more than $2 million achieving returns of 7.7%. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony ...