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Aviva insurance in super business jumps 12pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Aviva's new lump sum protection policy business has risen by almost 12 per cent over two years to almost 15 per cent - reflecting a growing trend for customers to get insurance through super. Lump sum protection policy new business has grown from around ...

When it's too late

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Move on people...nothing to see here. Move on. Aussie investors relying on overnight movements on Wall Street to show them what today's trading activity has in store for them in their own market - up, down or upside down - would have to (gulp!) rely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell and oil prices dropped overnight. Higher gold, silver and copper prices could help lift the market, however. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received positive leads overnight from higher stocks and commodity prices overseas. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 42 points higher at 4,050. In economic news ...

Agribusiness MIS suffer 77pc drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
First Timbercorp fell, then Great Southern plummeted - fuelling Australia's agribusiness managed investment schemes sector to suffer a 77 per cent decline in invested funds for the last financial year. New figures from the Australian Agribusiness Group ...

We're feeling better, said Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Returns have improved, the economy is perking up and investors are happier - new figures from ING show that local investor sentiment is up 82 per cent from the previous quarter. According to the latest ING Investor Dashboard Survey, investor sentiment ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Vanguard Investment Australia's three exchange traded funds (ETFs) have attracted $20 million in just two months. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments Australia, said while figures are yet to be finalised, the Australian equities ETF ...

Push for redemption freeze lifts: PASL

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Super fund trustees should not be afraid to challenge redemption freezes and question the validity of the Responsible Entity model if it's in their members' interests, said Professional Associations Superannuation Fund (PASL). PASL made the comments ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...

Timbercorp investors get $50k aid

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
Professional Investment Services is hoping its $50,000 donation into the Timbercorp fighting fund and other monetary aid would help up to 80 per cent of Timbercorp investors claw some of their investments back. PIS, which recently poured an additional ...