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Challenger reports record annuities sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Challenger has reported "exceptionally strong" retail annuities sales in the half year up to December, rising by a record 38% to $1.46 billion. Overall Challenger's retail and institutional sales reached $1.75 billion. In the retail space, 19% of annuities ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
"Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day." - Mary Hopkin The days of Japan 2013, that is. Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of 2013 when all bets on Japan paid off oh so sweetly. The Nikkei-225 index ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Actuaries Institute has called for profound change to the regulation of the retirement phase of superannuation, including changing the rules around lumps sum withdrawals and removing impediments to older people who want to continue working. In its ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Little more than two years ago, you wouldn't have to look very hard to find a 12-month term deposit paying you around 6%. But the hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve ...

CommInsure appoints head of investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Former head of investments at Suncorp has been appointed head of investment strategy at CommInsure. Craig Lamb started his new role in December 2013 and is responsible for developing, implementing and reporting on Commonwealth Bank's insurance business ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened half a per cent higher after Wall Street shrugged off disappointing retail sales figures. US stocks ended higher despite data showing the country's retail sales unexpectedly fell 0.4 per cent in January, the second ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street which rallied after several companies reported higher earnings. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 40 points at 5,303. Time Warner ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly higher after Telstra lifted its first half profit by almost 10%. Telstra on Thursday morning announced a profit of $1.7 billion for the six months to December 31, up from $1.56 billion a year ago. "Clearly ...

Phones and tablets take over online broking

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
More than half of current online share investors use a smart phone or a tablet to invest or are intending to do so in the next 12 months. According to the Investment Trends 2013 Second Half Australia Online Broking Report as many as 45% of online share ...