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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... 2,607.07. The markets were strong from the opening but fell off after a series of economic indicators - on weekly jobless insurance claims, inflation, and business conditions - reinforced beliefs that the economy is stagnating. But stock prices surged ...

Deutsche Asset Management adds to Fixed Income team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... ratings area. Deutsche Bank's asset management global brands are RREEF Alternative Investments, DB Advisors, Deutsche Insurance Asset Management, DWS Investments and retail distribution partner Ironbark Asset Management. The business currently globally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... sales for August. In equities news, Myer Holdings and Eastern Star Gas post full year results and KPMG's 2011 General Insurance Survey is released. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed more than one per cent lower, with broad-based losses across ...

Insurance industry prepared for black swan flock

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
The Australian insurance market is well equipped to cope with future natural disasters, while acknowledging that previous risk exposure had been under priced, according to Aon. The industry is coming to accept 'black swan' events as a far more common ...

SMSFs given leeway on property assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... Borrowings from an LRBA may be used to repair or maintain the acquirable asset but not to improve it, while an SMSF could use insurance proceeds to rebuild a property destroyed by a naturally disaster as long as its fundamental character is unchanged. ...

ASIC surveillance sharpens focus on AFS licensees

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... Licensees must "handle complaints well," said ASIC, and must ensure that their compensation arrangements (including PI insurance) adequately cover all products and services they advise upon. "The review has enabled ASIC to continue to engage with the ...

Perpetual outsources central data hub

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... processes and information flows." Other Cadis client platforms users include banks, regulators, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies and pension funds. This comes just four weeks after Perpetual closed its in-house manufacturing of their ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... and cut spending. More worrying are reports that Germany was preparing contingency plans to recapitalise its banks and insurance companies assuming a 50% loss on their Greek bond holdings. So too is ECB economist Jurgen Stark's resignation over differences ...

Australian Unity revenue reaches $1bn

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... balance this with positive growth in other areas of the company, including in both our retail and smaller corporate health insurance funds," said Rohan Mead, group managing director, Australian Unity. "The two health funds achieved growth during the ...

Advisers ignoring estate planning gold mine

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... having a conversation about estate planning will lead to the discovering of gaps in your clients portfolio and therefore insurance sales. This is something many planners are missing." Planners with a core market of retirees will be unpleasantly surprised ...