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FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... about the state of the life insurance industry, saying that it has "turned a corner, with efforts to improve performance gaining traction, especially with respect to improved lapse experience." "Group life experience also looks set to improve and the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... markets which gained on Friday night as low interest rates continue to push investors towards shares. Investors also were gaining confidence with central banks, in the US especially and Australia, pursuing growth at all costs, said IG market strategist ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... weakness in oil prices, with Woodside Petroleum up 55 cents at $34.54, Santos 24 cents better off at $7.21, Oil Search gaining 10.5 cents to $7.695 and Origin Energy 28 cents higher at $11.68. Sirtex Medical was the market's worst performer, as its treatment ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... find the real value." The big four local banks were all higher, with Commonwealth Bank up 27 cents at $90.79, Westpac gaining 12 cents to $37.62, ANZ lifting 15 cents to $35.37 and National Bank 17 cents better off at $37.73. But the miners were down ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... up 49 cents at $91.01, National Australia Bank 34 cents stronger at $37.97, ANZ adding 23 cents to $35.39, and Westpac gaining 34 cents to $37.70. Ramsay Health Care rose 40 cents to $68.04, bionic ear maker Cochlear added 99 cents at $89.08 and vaccines ...

HLB Mann Judd launches Asia-focused business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... get involved in the increasing opportunities in other countries, but struggle to find the best way to do so, including gaining a deep understanding of industry and business differences as well as dealing with the cultural and compliance issues of unfamiliar ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... to 1,521.68. South Korean shares closed 0.13 per cent higher, recovering from morning losses, with the benchmark KOSPI gaining 2.61 points to 1,993.08. Hong Kong added 0.5 per cent, or 123.78 points to close on a one-month high of 24,902.06, led by gains ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... end of trading. Frankfurt's DAX 30 slipped 0.25 per cent to 10,895.62 points while the CAC 40 index in Paris was stable, gaining a slight 0.04 per cent to 4,753.99 points. The euro gained to $US1.1394 from $US1.1355 late in New York on Monday, when the ...

Global appetite up, local confidence down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... saw the United States as the most interesting region to invest in, with 53% (up 7% from December) of investors keen on gaining exposure in the area. The second most popular option was international funds covering multiple regions (38%, up 6% from December) ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... Kong gain 1.68 per cent, or 401.42 points, to 24,352.58. Shanghai rose 4.74 per cent, or 150.56 points, to 3,323.61 after gaining as much as 5.17 per cent in late afternoon trade. The Shanghai increase was the index's biggest since October 9, 2009, when ...