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CommInsure launches tailored SMSF insurance product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... will not be able to claim income replacement if they are not in gainful employment when their injury occurs. By doing the heavy-lifting in the compliance area, CommInsure hopes to access a market that is so-far untouched. According to Scott, only 13% ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a mixed performance on Wall Street ahead of key US jobs figures. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,447. Locally in economic news on Friday ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... dampening impact of a strong currency on growth and inflation. Again... then again, the ECB might be content to let the Fed the heavy lifting - tapering, after all, puts upward pressure on the US dollar.

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... community to make a contribution," he continued. "There will be difficult decisions, but all Australians must help to do the heavy lifting." "The fiscal consolidation programme that we reveal in the Budget will establish a clear path back to a surplus ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... strong day." The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 65 points, or 0.40 per cent, to 16,514.37 overnight, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ was 0.97 per cent higher at 4,161.46 points. Meanwhile, Germany's DAX 30 jumped two per cent to 9,600 points. Mr Radford ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... from banking giant Citigroup also helped boost financial stocks. HONG KONG - Asia's markets ended mixed following another heavy sell-off on Wall Street while concerns over the crisis in Ukraine resurfaced. Investors were also awaiting the release this ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... the US corporate earnings season on Tuesday evening, analysts said. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed following another heavy sell off on Wall Street, with technology stocks taking a beating, while a stronger yen added to downward pressure on Japan's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... overnight. Rivkin global investment manager Tim Radford said US markets finished more than one per cent lower thanks to heavy losses in tech stocks. But, he said, the local market had fared relatively well at the open, given the weak lead. "Technology ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The share market is lower as investors follow a negative lead from Wall Street's last session. Friday's big drop in high-growth companies in the US overshadowed a solid US jobs report, Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "It was momentum stocks ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... in Paris the CAC 40 index gave up 0.14 per cent to 4,379.06. The euro retreated to a three-week low against the dollar on heavy selling after the European Central Bank hinted at a further loosening of monetary policy in the eurozone to avert deflation ...