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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket looks set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Changes sent packing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
The separation between group and retail insurance will influence how superannuation funds package benefits for members in the future, said AIA Australia CEO Peter Crewe. Traditionally the two segments have been treated separately by insurers. But new ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
Australian shares have opened flat due to a lack of direction from the US after Wall Street was closed for a public holiday. At 1014 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.2 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 4,328.5 points, while the ...

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AMP's North platform has posted a solid $639 million of net cash flows in the first half of 2012, with 91% of the net cash flows being in non-guaranteed products. AMP North has tripled its results since the first half of 2011 when net cash flows amounted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following on from Wall Street's end of week positive lead, boosted by new hints at stimulus from the Federal Reserve and more reports on the European Central Bank's possible bond buying. At 0800 ...

Sunsuper expands nationally

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Sunsuper has appointed four new business development managers as part of a push to expand the fund's national footprint. The hires, based in Perth and Sydney, coincide with the launch of a major advertising campaign targeted at consumers outside of ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Just as super funds in Australia are jumping on board engagement channels like blogging and targeting Gen Y, a US financial branding consultant group says the marketing world has already moved on. "After a decade of intense scrutiny, financial marketers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, pulled back by several large companies trading ex-dividend. At 1017 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 22.5 points, or 0.51 per cent, lower at 4,347.6 points while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Challenger attributes 20% profit growth to annuity/life

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Challenger Limited has announced a normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) of $297 million for FY12, up 20% on FY11 following record Life and retail annuity product sales. Challenger's Life division posted total product sales of $2.66 billion, with a ...