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Challenger AUM jumps 16pct

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Challenger Limited's assets and funds under management have hit $31.4 billion, jumping 6% since last quarter and a total of 16% since March 31 2011. Citing strong life sales, positive boutique inflows and positive market movement for the period, Brian ...

Life risk inflows up 10.4pct

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Life insurance risk inflows increased by more than 10% in 2011, with new premium sales up 17% as virtually all companies experienced growth in risk business, according to new figures from Plan for Life. The rise took total inflows to $10.3bn across ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
One step forward, two steps back. Two steps forward, one step back. Buy. No, sell. Sell. Wait, wait, buy! Tough, ain't it Virginia? Tough-er if you're trying to put food on the table by making sense of the daily ups and downs and ups... and downs in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower as nervousness over the eurozone's debt crisis resurfaces following news that Italy's recession will be worse than expected and Spain's bad loan ratio is at an 18-year high. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
First home buyers are already being squeezed out of the market by investors and, as residential investment becomes attractive to self-managed super funds, fears are growing the squeeze will get even tighter. John McGrath, a real estate and investment ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... that the politburo's planned slowdown is working - as the politburo planned. In case you're disappointed with this growth figure, know that the recent figure still surpassed Wen's even lower target (dictat?) of 7.5% growth. But should the economy slow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street as investors weigh better-than-expected US retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open lower after global stock markets dropped on concerns that Spain and Italy may be the next countries to succumb to the eurozone debt crisis. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has consolidated an overnight rise based on strong jobs data. At 1200 AEST, the local currency was 104.05, up from 103.91 on Thursday afternoon. CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said better-than-expected labour force ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... There may be some disappointment here though because as far as I gather reading other reports, the researcher's leaked 9% figure was for the full year 2012. He only expects 8.4%-8.5% for the first quarter. Eight point four, eight point five, nine point ...