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Insurance becomes concentrated, advisers reduce relationships

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... market share up from 13% to 18% in the last year. AIA Australia follows the growth in market share, which went from 8% to 11%. TAL has also grown and went from 10% to 11% market share. ANZ's OnePath and BT Life have suffered the consequences of the market ...

Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
"As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'... For the times they are a-changin'." -Bob Dylan This is it Virginia!A This is the final week before the times, they could all a-change. Many of us, Australians all, will be grudgingly ...

Telstra Super appoints new CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Australia's largest corporate super fund Telstra Super has appointed former UniSuper executive manager, member and employer solutions as its incoming chief executive. "The Board is delighted that after an extensive search, we have been able to appoint ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

CBA institutional banking group exec resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Commonwealth Bank's group executive of Institutional Banking and Markets has resigned from after four years in the role. CBA's chief executive Ian Narev confirmed that Ian Saines will be leaving the company at the end of 2013. CBA is not commenting ...

Thousands of finance workers face axe: FSU

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Several thousand jobs could be at risk in the financial services industry, despite the sector being in strong shape according to the Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU). The media and communications manager at the FSU Leanne Shingles said that last ...

NAB denies "new" offshoring program in face of job loss figures

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has denied that it has a "new" offshoring program, despite a Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) tally stating that 133 jobs had been offshored this year. According to an FSU tally NAB has axed 571 staff, as the bank ...

Prepare for take-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Now that's what I'm talkin' bout. Only yesterday, I was practically begging for it.A Today I got it.A Oh baby, I've got it!A "S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Reuters).A "S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks..." (Bloomberg). This because Uncle Sam's going ...