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Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

People aged 85+ to triple by 2040

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... low scenarios it could be as early as 2058, or after 2101." But it's not just overall population that will change the country but what it will do to urban areas, and which cities will dominate. Perth will overtake Brisbane in 2028 with at 3 million people ...

Henderson set for first fund launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... the fund has returned 41.3% gross of fees in Australian dollar terms. This compares to 31.2% from the benchmark MSCI All Country World Index. Henderson manages $123 billion (as at 30 September 2013) of assets on behalf of clients in the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific ...

AIA adds Priority Protection range to three platforms

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... insurer by market share in Australia. AIA Australia Limited is an independent life insurance specialist and one of the country's leading life insurers. Building partnerships is at the core of AIA's business strategy so to increase the value of the co ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... increasing globalisation, many of the world's companies now generate large proportions of their revenues from outside the country in which they are domiciled. For instance in Australia, many investors would be surprised to learn that 43% of revenues ...

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... service of the Australian public is truly an exceptional one and has made him one of the most well-known figures in the country. The board and I are very much looking forward to his contribution." IFM Investors also announced the appointment of JMW Consultants ...

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... going to come out stronger than the market predicts. We've held that view since September," he said, adding that each country's central bank policy of quantitative easing has "provided huge amount of accommodation and stimulation to the economics of ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... (National Post). News? That's no news? Everybody knows it. News would be if the NSA didn't or the NSA missed a single country in its surveillance. Everybody knows that every government in the planet's playing this game of "I spy" since...well, forever. ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... parliamentary committee today in response to a question about the government's special foreign-exchange accounts law. The country must set aside a proper amount of money to fund such actions, he said." Of course, the yen also benefitted from Yellen's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... Shanghai surged 1.68 per cent, or 35.32 points, to 2,135.83 on speculation that Beijing will announce a plan to revamp the country's vast state sector. The index had tumbled earlier this week after a much-anticipated reform plan by China's leaders lacked ...