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Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... their wellbeing." The Actuaries Institute said asymmetry of information and the potential for anti-selection creates major tension between the desire for insurers to be inclusive and indiscriminate toward insurance applicants and the sustainability of ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
Oh drat! There were few events last week to provide a nice entry point to equity markets, ones that could instil caution, if not fear, enough for some to trim their holdings and cheapen share prices. But alas! Most share markets closed stronger. These ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... Perhaps, this is because the RBA is yet uncertain over China's outlook - in particular, "how the authorities address the tension between achieving short-term growth aims and managing the build-up of risks to financial stability associated with rising ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
Li gets what Li likes. A day after the executive meeting of China's State Council chaired by Premier Li Keqiang resolved to continue supply-side structural reforms aimed at "reining in excessive production capacity, reducing corporate costs and improving ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The latest National Australia Bank Business (NAB) Survey shows while business conditions remain robust - rising from a reading of 14 in July to 15 in August (the highest level since January 2008) - confidence among businesses deteriorated significantly ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
It's back to business as usual on Wall Street. The sum of all fears - well, nearly all - many investors braced for didn't quite add up. US equities, the yield on 10-year US Treasuries and the US dollar, they all fell down last week as investors feared ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
US data releases dumped on our screens overnight, combined with easing US/North Korean tensions, provide another green light for the Fed to proceed with policy normalisation. Balance sheet unwinding and another rate hike before 2017 turns into 2018 ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
It appears Australian equities will end the final day of FY2016-17 with an EOFYS (end of financial year sale) gauging from the heavy selling on Wall Street and Europe overnight. The S&P 500 index closed 0.9% lower last night (the Nasdaq even more, down ...

Think carefully before internalising investment: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Industry consultant PwC is reaffirming the view that superannuation funds should think carefully before internalising investment management. In its latest paper, Internal Investment Management - Yes or No?, PwC notes while there may be many good reasons ...