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Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... opposite its price, rose to 3.42 per cent from 3.39 per cent late Tuesday. LONDON - European stock markets fell for the third straight day, still rattled by burgeoning debt crises in Greece and Dubai. In London the FTSE 100 index shed 19.24 points, or ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Intention Index. It found that more than half are unlikely to invest new money in existing investments although almost a third are likely to do so over the next three months. On debt and savings behaviour, the research reinforced the gender gap evident ...

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
UK demand for variable annuities has dropped significantly during the third quarter of 2009 as sales fell from more than $610 million to over $250 million. The Watson Wyatt research found variable annuity sales between the second and third quarter fell ...

Women in Super to grant $10,000 scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
Women in Super (WIS) members specialising in finance are invited to apply for a $10,000 scholarship to attend the Third AIST Global Dialogue in Hong Kong next year. The conference will be held from 30 May to 4 June 2010 covering governance issues and ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... per cent - kicking Singapore out of the top three (down from 21 per cent to 13 per cent). The June research, sponsored by third party marketing firm Shed Enterprises, surveyed 20 of the country's largest super funds and major investors with a combined ...

AIA expands product suite

AIA AUSTRALIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... benefit if the policy holder is a company or business entity. For income protection, the severity benefit pays an extra one third of the insured monthly benefit per month if the policy holder is diagnosed as totally and permanently disabled to the extent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... quarter while labor costs dropped. The Labor Department said productivity was rising at an annual rate of 8.1 per cent in the third quarter, the biggest jump since 2003, while unit labor costs were falling at a 2.5 per cent rate. The news signals that ...

Report finds retirement income advice shortfall

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... such a product, half would be willing to pay over 50 basis points per annum extra for a capital guarantee and less than a third would be willing to spend more than 1 per cent.

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
Around one third of advisers who use CommInsure and Zurich as their primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five ...