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AMP profit up 32% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... platform ($5.5 billion) and the AMP Flexible Super product ($2.2 billion). However, other products and platforms such as Summit, Generations, iAccess and Flexible Lifetime Super saw outflows of $4.3 billion, out from $3.6 billion outflows in 2013. Despite ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... reverse and still chasing its behind (when the third quarter National Accounts are released today). And what about the G20 summit in St. Petersburg in September 2013? Yes folks, that was in Russia (when it was G20 president) where Russia committed, among ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Wall Street had been. Or is it the connect between Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Barrack Obama at the APEC summit or his handshake connect with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? Ahh yes, Virginia, you know where I'm going with this ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... negatively on growth? Recall what NY Fed pres William Dudley told his audience at the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential Summit in New York just about a month ago: "If the dollar were to strengthen a lot, it would have consequences for growth... We would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... while Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shed 0.66 per cent to 8,987.80 points. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi at the EU summit in Brussels said states needed to make efforts to avoid the eurozone relapsing into recession. Germany and France have clashed ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious are ...

Insurers worried about striking balance between claims and price

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... companies' execs and employees who took part in the survey that was conducted at the recent AIA Australia Group Insurance Summit said that rising premiums "overwhelmingly remain the most pressing issue for industry professionals." As many as 81% of them ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing to work with governments to enact carbon pricing reforms. "Without ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... Financial Stability Board (FSB) is expected to release a proposal for additional international requirements at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane in November. "We have made substantial progress in addressing the problem of institutions that are "too ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... ways in which governments can facilitate more green investment. The statement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit to be held on Tuesday. "There is a significant gap between the amount of capital that will be required to finance the transition ...