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MLC wins life insurer of the year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
MLC has won the 2009 Life Insurance Company of the Year by the Australia & New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) for the fourth time in six years. The firm's product design, customer and adviser research and upgrade philosophy were ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... average projected retirement income of $42,465 per year. This would mean that despite the financial crisis, the average figure has actually risen 1.1 per cent compared to the June 2008 figure of $41,992. Chris Richardson, director at Access Economics ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... Australian shares remained more or less consistent from 34 per cent of the portfolio in December 2007 to a fraction under that figure in June 2009. The real mover has been cash; rising 16 per cent to 28 per cent over that same time frame.

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
"The government is not contemplating another round of cash payments," Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) early this week. This could be interpreted as either the Australian Government does not want to ...

Aviva insurance in super business jumps 12pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Aviva's new lump sum protection policy business has risen by almost 12 per cent over two years to almost 15 per cent - reflecting a growing trend for customers to get insurance through super. Lump sum protection policy new business has grown from around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell and oil prices dropped overnight. Higher gold, silver and copper prices could help lift the market, however. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads overnight from higher stocks and commodity prices overseas. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 42 points higher at 4,050. In economic news ...

Agribusiness MIS suffer 77pc drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
First Timbercorp fell, then Great Southern plummeted - fuelling Australia's agribusiness managed investment schemes sector to suffer a 77 per cent decline in invested funds for the last financial year. New figures from the Australian Agribusiness Group ...

We're feeling better, said Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Returns have improved, the economy is perking up and investors are happier - new figures from ING show that local investor sentiment is up 82 per cent from the previous quarter. According to the latest ING Investor Dashboard Survey, investor sentiment ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Vanguard Investment Australia's three exchange traded funds (ETFs) have attracted $20 million in just two months. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments Australia, said while figures are yet to be finalised, the Australian equities ETF ...