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Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... January high." "Yelp (YELP) has crashed -32.9 percent in just over a month". "And Twitter (TWTR), which had seen shares spike from the November IPO price of $44.50 to $73.31 (a gain of 65 percent) in a month and a half, has been beaten unmercifully for ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
What's she done now? All this commotion... and just at her first ever meeting chairing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The S&P 500 index fell by as much as 1.2% and yields on 10-year US Treasuries spiked by as much as 12 basis points overnight ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... this optimism. However, a dig down into the report shows that the increase in building permits was due largely to the 24.3% spike in multifamily units. The less volatile - and more interest rate sensitive - permits for single-family units declined by ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Asset consultant Towers Watson saw client global uptake of smart beta investment strategies more than double in 2013 to $11 billion in new investments. This compares with around $5 billion new investments the previous year. Overall, Towers Watson's ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... will look at affordability and, in particular, sustainability in group insurance arrangements. His comments come after a spike in claims has significantly pushed up group insurance premiums. Brunner also said APRA would be carrying out a thematic review ...

Niche funds have their advantages: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... executive Andrew Proebstl. At a time when most super funds are facing hikes in group insurance premiums thanks to an unexpected spike in claims, Proebstl said this is one area where niche funds have an advantage. "This is a really tangible example of ...

AustSuper denies member exploitation of group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... business, and they report quite plainly to us that that's not an issue." Silk did not deny that there has been a significant spike in claims, but he said it was an industry wide problem. "It's plainly not an AustralianSuper issue. You saw AMP have had ...

Advisers leave China and turn to US growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... August 2012 and August 2013, from 3% to 18%. "This suggests that the improving performance of overseas markets has seen a spike in investor interest over the last year," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker said. About 40% of advisers said that ...

APRA voices concern over super in-house investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... management in house. Rowell also drew attention to an elephant in the room: group insurance. Following the huge, unforeseen spike in claims that saw one re-insurer (RGA) withdraw from the group total and permanent disability (TPD) market altogether ...

Facebook turns on profits as teenagers turn off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... singular social media strategy. Facebook declared a 60% jump in September profits to US$425 million causing share prices to spike 15% on the news of surging advertising income as Facebook increases ad revenue from mobile devices. But it's the declining ...