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Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Super funds are holding firm on their exposure to US equities despite the Dow Jones Index slipping below 7,000, its lowest level in more than a decade. Melbourne based investment consultancy, JANA Investment Advisers head of investment outcomes, Ken ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
What happens in Rome stays in Rome. Or so it should have been were it not for the sudden resignation of Japan's Finance Minister following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers on Valentine's Day. Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
The Australian share market has received no leads from the US, with Wall Street closed for a public holiday. At 0737 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was two points higher at 3,500. In economic news today, the Reserve ...

More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Donations continue to pour from the financial services industry for those affected by the bushfires in Victoria. In a massive outpouring of support for the victims and their families, many firms have donated cash (at least $7.2 million in total on last ...

Accelerate to improve tele-underwriting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
Tower Australia is looking to upgrade its Accelerate offering in 2009 by fine-tuning its tele-underwriting service to churn out decisions in less than three days. According to Brett Yardley, head of offer strategy at Tower, development projects for ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Most players in the funds management industry acknowledge that the automation of managed funds trading would boost their business - but boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board. According to Tim Hamer, commercial manager, funds ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
Waiting...waiting. Americans and Australians are both in a holding pattern waiting for the passage of their respective government's latest fiscal dole-outs. Wall Street sat on the fence overnight as investors await the approval of US President Barack ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
St.George and Westpac are offering financial assistance to their banking customers affected by the bushfire in Victoria and, together with AMP and AXA, have donated at least $2.1 million to help those worst affected by the disaster. St.George Bank ...