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Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... to invest in the business to ensure we support the needs of our partners and clients," Crewe said. AIA Australia is the country's largest group life insurer by market share and works closely with major financial institutions and corporate partners.

Virgin Money Australia names MD

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... numbers; we've doubled the size of our insurance book and have the fastest growing major credit card portfolio in the country. We've now set our sights on more product launches that will allow the business to significantly increase its relevance in Australia," ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... by 3.4%, India by 2.8% and China by 7.4% (7.9% in the December quarter). The Banco Central do Brazil estimates that the country grew by just 1.0% for all of last year - nearly a third of the 2.7% recorded in 2011 and just a fraction of the 7.5% expansion ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... better-than-expected bond auctions in Italy, a day after stocks slumped on inconclusive elections in the debt-laden eurozone country. Milan's benchmark FTSE MIB index of top companies jumped 1.77 per cent to close at 15,827 points, having tumbled 4.89 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... two-month dollar low as dealers assess the fallout of Italy's political impasse after elections in the indebted eurozone country. Milan's FTSE MIB index tumbled 4.89 per cent to end the day at 16,552 points, with deadlock in Italy's parliament after ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... more palpitation-inducing was the uncertainty over which way the Greeks would vote over new austerity measures and their country's 2013 Budget. There were worries about Japan too at the time: it was headed for a triple dip. And last, but certainly not ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... debt burden as the reason for the downgrade. The ratings agency also cut its triple-A rating for the Bank of England, the country's central bank, by one step, also to AA1. The British economy is constrained by the weak global economy and the drag from ...

Accountants in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... shows that accountants, along with engineers, IT professionals, corporate services managers are in high demand across the country. The Clarius Skills Index for December also shows an ongoing shortfall of company secretaries, auditors and advertising ...

Industry groups join forces to mount super campaign

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Fairweather also stressed that the warning was not just for the Labor Government, but for any future party in charge of the country's retirement system. "Tax changes to super now may help plug the Budget hole [but] will create a bigger hole which will ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... its large banking sector, Australia offers the second highest dividend yield among developed countries. In light of the country's benign inflation outlook and attractive budget situation, Australia still has more monetary and fiscal policy flexibility ...