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Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
"Aaahh Freak out! Le Freak, c'est Chic." (Le Freak, Chic) Had it not been for the already jittery mood in the financial markets, Wall Street would have ignored last night's not so good economic news. The S&P 500 index recorded its biggest drop in more ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Better and faster service was a core reason why AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market had gained ground at noon after positive Australian employment figures with the resource sector leading the charge. At 1209 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 57.3 points higher, by 1.25 per cent, at 4,630.3 points ...

New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The insurance industry could soon face a price shake-up as the Institute of Actuaries of Australia gears up to launch a new set of life tables aimed at providing price benchmarks to insurers. The institute has been collating information from major life ...

PGI global strategy wins $500m mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Principal Global Investors' Global Growth Equity has picked up a $500 million mandate from the Japanese government pension fund. John Pihlblad, portfolio manager of the strategy, said more than $4 billion is managed on behalf of clients outside the ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Feeding the fear. Times like these, it's not so difficult to do. Just replace the word "Greece" with "global" in Greece sovereign crisis and what do you have? You have Global Sovereign Crisis and the attendant panic and volatility in the financial markets ...

Asset Super tops up direct property

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Top performing super fund Asset Super is increasing its exposure to unlisted property, after investing another $16 million into Lend Lease funds. The $1 billion-plus Asset Super, following a recommendation from its asset consultant, Mercer, recently ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Super funds and investors upset about the mining stocks plunge this week should shift their blame from the government and instead zero in on the miners themselves because it was their idea. In a 20-page submission to the Henry Review in November 2008 ...

Aviva boost MLC and NAB Wealth numbers

NAB RESULTS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
The wealth management businesses of NAB posted strong half-year figures thanks to improved markets, higher funds under management and insurance sales, and the contributions from Aviva's wealth management business in Australia. The bank's net profit ...