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Centrepoint makes four key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Centrepoint Alliance has appointed a head of Distribution Strategy and Marketing, a national manager of Life Insurance, a head of Research and a regional manager for Queensland and northern New South Wales. Neil Rogan is the new head of Distribution ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... officer for OCBC Bank in Malaysia, told the Malaysian StarBiz news service that he didn't see ARC competing directly with the big three of Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investor Services because ARC not being US-centric means it could ...

Direct insurance taints consumer views on life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... but he added that it is difficult for the industry to match the direct insurance advertising campaigns. "They are getting big coverage in morning television or evening television. There's a fair bit of money that goes into those and as an industry we ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... degree). The S&P 500 closed 2.3% down, the Dow ended 2.1% lower, the Nasdaq finished 2.6% in the red as fresh eco stats put a big question mark on the US recovery. The ISM manufacturing index fell to a reading of 51.3 in January - a razor sharp 5.2-point ...

ASIC takes most action against small business owners

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... recently highlighted consumer and business owners concerns that the regulator focuses mostly on small businesses, instead of big corporations. The report reflects concerns made public by consumers and business owners in the Senate inquiry on the performance ...

AMP to launch integrated mobile app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... definite increase in engagement. Roy said, more generally, technology is one of the keys to engaging younger members. This is a big issue for AMP, as 85% of their members are in default options - suggesting a degree of disengagement. "I think not only ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat despite solid gains on Wall St overnight, while David Jones has jumped over news it received and rejected a bid from Myer last year. Earnings in the US have continued to progress favourably, buoyed by data ...

Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... closing, with industry funds on average scoring 1.4% higher than retail funds. A year ago the difference was almost 8%. Of the big five retail fund providers (the big four banks plus AMP), AMP scored lowest at 46.4%, followed by ANZ. Public sector funds ...

China unlikely to achieve 10% growth again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... for the United States." "The upside of rising wages and loosing competitiveness as a consequence of that is that you have a big increase of income in household wealth," he said. "These households will be buying goods and services that the US and Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... 75 cents, or more than 16 per cent, after downgrading its earnings guidance in the wake of weaker than expected sales. The big four banks were all lower, with the Commonwealth Bank down 73 cents at $74.19, while National Australia Bank lost 36 cents ...