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Company sales earnings on hold till 2011: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... due to aggressive cost cutting strategies but these companies must focus on output for the next year. "For the second round of growth we need to see the top line growth - we need to see a growth in sales," said Drennan. "If you look at earnings, we think ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... cents, or 1.03 per cent, to $39.50. Overnight, US stocks slumped after weak data from the housing sector overshadowed a round of stronger-than-expected corporate earnings, prompting traders to lock in recent gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost ...

HK investors win big on game show

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... another level with a three-stage investments game show where contestants can win up to $7,000 in cash prizes. The first round of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)'s Investment Triathlon, which has been running for three years, is run through ...

September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... psyche, it is likely that this could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. But so what? So what is that it would spark another round of bearish sentiment unwinding the gains of the past six months and taking us back into the abyss of depression. Start loading ...

More reform through reviews: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... be top of the agenda, he said. "This issue needs to be resolved," he said. "The options paper will form the basis of a round of consultation, which will better inform me of the industry's view for the best way forward." Meanwhile Bowen also welcomed ...

Aviva names SMA model managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... review process for Aviva, said Stuart Fechner, distribution manager of investment products at the firm. "I started a round of meetings in Sydney almost two years ago to just get a feel for SMAs across fund managers," he said. "I was quite surprised that ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... Ironically, the study also found that the amount that people set aside for retirement has actually fallen following the round of income tax cuts which applied from July last year. "These boost the incomes - and hence pre-retirement consumer spending ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
"The government is not contemplating another round of cash payments," Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) early this week. This could be interpreted as either the Australian Government does not want to ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... over US second quarter company earnings. If you believe the headlines, the sell-off was triggered by talks of another round of US government stimulus - confirming bearish views that the economy is far from healed. These two factors taken together are ...

Plug the information gap: SimCorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... Dew said that a better data monitoring system would become more relevant later this year when APRA conducts its first round of "enhanced" data collection. For the first time, APRA will require companies to provide data that they've never requested before ...