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TOWER wins key mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
TOWER Australia Group caps the year with major insurance wins, dividends up 15 per cent and new business up 54 per cent. The group also saw life inforce premium up 15 per cent to $784 million for the year to September thanks to its indiviudal life sales. ...

Men's contribution to superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Today,19 November, is the 10th International Men's Day and it's time to celebrate the contribution of men to superannuation and wealth management. Men invented superannuation, lead the fight for universal age pensions around the world, designed the ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Have no fear, the Fed is here...to stay. Perhaps spooked by the pause on Wall Street in recent days, the Fed found it necessary to re-assure investors that borrowing rates would remain practically free for an "extended period." As if? Yes, as if the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... session as property trusts strengthened on positive reports and mining stocks gained on expectations that commodity prices will stay high. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended up 23.4 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,757, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Australians earning $60,000 a year or less could be forced to live on half that income when they retire, if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after heavy losses on Wall Street on Friday amongst both securities and commodities. At 0728 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 118 points lower at 4,506. ...

Finance firms must highlight career opps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Australian financial services employers will need to articulate the career development opportunities that exist by joining and staying with them as local workers start to eye opportunities overseas again. Speaking at the Finsia Financial Services Conference ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Andrew Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said ...

Fidelity signs exclusive research deals

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... have big research teams doing a lot of contact, that was the exception...now we're looking at what new things can we do to stay ahead," he said. Bolton said "broker research is great, but everyone gets it" so what Fidelity is doing increasingly is to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to continue its recent run of losses on Thursday as Wall Street fell sharply on weaker economic data and a lower forecast for upcoming growth figures. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...