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IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... 2030 Asia's annual consumption will reach $32 trillion - almost half of all global consumption. "In the long term it is a big play - the Asian markets we are targeting are home to around 3 billion people, compared to less than 30 million in our home ...

15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Assets held by Australian super funds grew faster than any other country's during the five-year period to the end of 2011, said research by Pensions & Investments and Towers Watson. Growth in assets of Australian funds in the Top 300 funds globally ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... reporting of some of the company's newspapers. News Corp shares were 23 cents, or one per cent, higher at 1030 AEST. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was 31 cents stronger at $31.36 and Rio Tinto was up 92 cents at $50.26. But Fortescue Metals Group ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... add your own. The world is so stuffed up (I can't use the other F word), that the Australian economy is in danger of slowing big time. Yes Virginia. The rationales all seem reasonable. But haven't we heard all this before? The Australian economy had ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... third quarter of 2011. And the future looks brighter. Tax breaks and lower borrowing costs have prompted Brazilians to spend big on cars - Fiat SpA estimates that total car sales to hit a record of more than 400,000 units in August after reaching 364,196 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia on Tuesday, stocks slid more than half a per cent, as falls among the big retail banks pushed the broader market lower. At 1615 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.2 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... while metals and minerals stocks were off 0.94 per cent and energy stocks had fallen 0.85 per cent. In a further negative, big market contributors such as AMP, BHP Billiton, QR National, and WorleyParsons, among others, went ex-dividend at the start ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... -- they like what they heard, the sound of QE, that is, and it's coming soon to a theatre near you. But is this really what Big Ben said? Or are the markets merely hearing what they wanted to hear? At Jackson Hole, Big Ben reviewed and defended his use ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... stocks were up 0.66 per cent, while consumer staples had also risen 0.66 per cent. Financials and materials - Australia's two big market sectors - were up 0.15 per cent and 0.03 per cent, respectively. However, gold stocks were down 0.65 per cent, while ...

Self-reliant investors need professional advice: SFG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... adviser support at a time when many consumers are struggling with changes in the financial services landscape. "The really big trend here is that clients need professional advice as they become more self-reliant and want to know when they can retire ...