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Life readies for new cap increases

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Insurers are preparing for the impact of the Life and General Insurance Capital (LAGIC) reforms, increasing their capital reserves. Challenger yesterday revealed that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) had proposed transition arrangements ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market has opened higher following mixed leads from Europe and the US overnight. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,308.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.7 ...

Higher profits/lower dividends: AMP FHY result

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
AMP limited has reported a $383 million profit in its first half year results, up 11% on the first half year to 30 June 2011. The rise was largely the result of its merger with AXA, which occurred half way through the previous corresponding first-half ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Don't bother reading today about what Wall Street did last night - it didn't. 'Twas another DD (dull day) folks. Nothing new -- just that what's now become a too familiar refrain of investors fearing slowing global growth counterbalanced by hope that ...

CBA posts good profits despite volatile markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The Commonwealth Bank Group has posted a $7.09 billion full year profit - which represents an 11 % increase on the previous year as at June 2012. The Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) cash profit of $7.11 billion was up 4% on the previous year. The bank's customer ...

New AFS CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Former ANZ advice executive Alan Logan has been revealed as the new chief executive officer of Australian Financial Services (AFS). Logan joins AFS from private consultancy Bombora Advice, and before this was general manager for ANZ Advice and Distribution. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The Australian stock market opened stronger on Wednesday, with a strong earnings report from the Commonwealth Bank giving the market a boost in the early session of trading. At 1018 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16 points ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The suspense is killing, the wait... boring. Fresh data were released out of America and Europe while we slept, but the results more or less did nothing to alter what financial markets already know or speculate about. There was nothing that surprised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street pared early gains to close similarly flat. At 0752 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,258. In economic news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite Wall Street finishing mainly in the red after disappointing economic data out of Japan and Greece and no stimulatory measures from China. At 0753 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...