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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... conglomerate Wesfarmers which was 92 cents worse off at $42.88. Among the companies to release profit results on Friday, Insurance Australia Group gained three cents to $5.55 after lifting its half year profit by almost 40 per cent. As the earnings season ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... was up 27 points at 5,450. No major local economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Oil Search and QBE Insurance are expected to post full year results, while AV Jennings, AWE, Ramsay Health Care, Cabcharge, and Charter Hall Group are due ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... product is fine. But there's going to be within certain workplaces MySuper products that are tuned for them in terms of insurance, in terms of delivery, in terms of financial advice, et cetera." If the Fair Work Commission was taken out of the process ...

General advice exemption "irrelevant" to advisers: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... reference to the client's personal circumstances. "It is unlikely that commission paying products (with the exception of insurance) will remain available in the financial advice landscape," the submission continued. The AFA also considered unlikely that ...

AMP launches integrated wealth app

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
AMP has launched a mobile app which allows customers to access their banking, superannuation, insurance and investments. Users can also access AMP's North platform, as well as other investments and direct shares not related to AMP. The product includes ...

Life insurance losses drag AMP results

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... has attributed its 2% fall in net profit from $689 million in 2012 to $672 million in 2013 to difficulties in its life insurance business. The company meanwhile reported an underlying profit of $849 million in FY13 compared to $950 million for FY12 ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... send to them. We have to give them an update on the fund's performance." She said employers are particularly focused on insurance offerings. The government is currently reviewing the role of the Fair Work Commission in default super fund selection. The ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... per cent, to a record high $15.21. Shares in Suncorp Group had slumped 37 cents, or 2.9 per cent, to $12.23, after the insurance giant posted a 4.5 per cent per cent slide in its first half profit to $548 million. Among the major banks, Commonwealth ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Young Australians appear to be engaged with the importance of insurance, as new research reveals that with 48% of GenYs do not use outside influences when making a decision about their life insurance policy. A TAL survey found that 39% of Australians ...

Aged care likely to cost more after July 1

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... maximise pension and minimise income tested fees. One strategy, Atkinson said, is to place financial assets into an insurance bond as the sole asset of a sole purpose or a bare trust. Read more stories on aged care and the new legislation in the FS Advice ...