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Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... agriculture produce growing rain. Suddenly the rural sector was looking good. Harvest would be a-plenty. Not only would Australians have enough fruits and vegetables and cattle, there would be more to sell overseas. And with our currency also fetching ...

New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
While tragic events in Queensland have forced the likes of Suncorp and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the ...

Government unveils response to Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... members transfer into lower cost funds. "The Government is acting to reduce the unnecessary fees and charges on working Australians' retirement savings, and to remove barriers to a low cost and efficient superannuation system," said Shorten. On the self-managed ...

Platforms climb back from GFC to $399bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... Rainmaker managing director, said at this rate by 2050 Australia will have 61,000 advisers or one adviser for every 656 Australians. Today the ratio is one-third less with one adviser per 1,070 Australians. "It highlights that while adviser numbers are ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
The wave of consolidation sweeping through the not-for-profit superannuation sector is putting transition management firmly back in the spotlight for next year. Last month, Health Super announced that talks were underway with First State Super to create ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus Lane..." The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) played Santa to Australians all by announcing no increase in interest rates yesterday. It may have to lift the official cash rate from the current 4.75 ...

More to retirement than super: planner

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... per cent of 55-60 year olds said they had started preparing for retirement but only 33 per cent of 31-36 year old Australians had started to prepare," said Adrian Emery, AXA's general manager of sales and marketing. However, financial planner Marc Bineham ...

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Third-ranked group insurer Tower Australia is nipping at the heels of top two rivals AIA and ING, now called OnePath, after signing a landmark deal with the $20 billion First State Super. Effective next month, Tower will provide death, disablement and ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... to around 2.9 per cent - still statistically within the economy's growth potential. Instead of worrying about this, Australians all let us rejoice. For this is exactly what the Reserve Bank of Australia is trying to achieve - to slow the economy down ...

Tower posts strong growth in direct and life ins

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Specialist life insurance group Tower Australia has reported a 24 per cent profit growth this year to $92.3 million, buoyed by strong performance in its group and direct insurance channels. Tower's retail life business underwent significant changes ...