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Under insurance still too high: Navigator

Despite an ageing population, susceptibility to health problems and record personal debt, too few primary breadwinners have sufficient insurance to protect their families. The result is that under insurance continues to be a real and potential problem ...

Economic roundup

Australian economic and survey statistics last week gave credence to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) and other market economists' view that business investment and external trade will takeover from housing as the country's growth engine. ...

Economic roundup

Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the total value of construction work rose by 4 per cent to a record A$22 billion in the June quarter and is up by 6.4 per cent from the same period last year. The latest construction figures ...

Hesta boosts voluntary contributions by over 50%

... voluntary contributions were made from 50,413 members last financial year, up from 32,486 recorded in the previous year. The figure represents more than a 50 per cent increase in voluntary contributions for the fund. Corboy says about 85 per cent of ...

Funds management industry set for generational change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2005
... from around three per cent to 22 per cent. If compulsory superannuation, which was introduced in 1992, is included, that figure would be over 50 per cent. Yet there remains another edge to this demographic pressure. While coping with the dissaving of ...

Macquarie LPT buys into booming US retail market

A Macquarie Bank listed property trust (LPT) has taken a major stake in the US retail property market capitalising on growing opportunities in the market. Macquarie DDR Trust will purchase 50 per cent of a national US retail shopping chain for $US396.2 ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on monetary policy was last week's major market-moving event - or non-event. The Australian central bank left the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent where they had been since March this year. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2005
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher, following the lead set by the US overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up eight points to 4285 points. Yesterday, benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Life insurance market posts strong results

... inflows grew by 8.7 per cent and sales climbed by 10.2 per cent with National/MLC the only group to post a negative sales figure of -9.5 per cent. Continuing the overall growth trend was group risk with inflows up 14.4 per cent and sales up 21.1 per ...

BT unveils new structures and roles for senior executives

BT Financial Group has completed a reorganisation of its structure from shifting from a functional focus to discrete business units. The shift has resulted in head of distribution Chris Freeman moving to head of Wrap Solutions while Geoff Peck has moved ...