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AIA Australia scoops Insurance Industry awards

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
AIA Australia has come up trumps at this year's insurance industry awards, scooping a number of prizes for its Priority Protection product range. The life insurance specialist picked up Canstar Cannex 'Outstanding Value' awards for Life Insurance and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The Australian market has opened higher following a dramatic turnaround on Wall Street in the final 15 minutes of trading. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index is up 66.6 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 3,938.7 and the broader All Ordinaries index is 65.1 points ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... on every letter that's printed on cyberpages, each given their own spin according to one's own propensity. Wall Street fell big time in early trade because European ministers decided to prolong Greece's and the market's agony by delaying the decision ...

SPAA rallies against off-market trading ban

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The self-managed super fund industry is calling on the government to revoke plans to ban off market transfers with particular concern that larger funds are not subject to the same rules. The government's Stronger Super reforms package includes plans ...

Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
Volatile markets are proving to be a dividend dream, as the market delivers a 9% increase to investors in comparison to the previous reporting season, finds one report. Russell Investments has released its high dividend and high value indexes and found ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
Australian shares were more than one per cent lower at noon, extending losses from early trade ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) interest rate decision. The local bourse opened almost one per cent down on a weak lead from Wall Street ...

Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... Capital IQ, saying that the index may dip to 1,020 by October or November. Oh yes! We're definitely in October. The month when big time falls happen. Think about the crashes of the Octobers of 1929, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2008. Now think about all the windfalls ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... this recent one where a US Labor official warned could be due to "technical factors". "It's a seasonal factor that leads to a big drop of the seasonally adjusted value." Never mind, the less volatile four-week moving average still shows hopeful signs. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
Australian shares have fallen by 1.3 per cent due to negative offshore leads, with investors uncertain about a crucial vote on the Greek bailout package. The rally on global markets ended overnight amid doubts eurozone leaders were any closer to resolving ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after sharp declines on Wall Street. At 0649 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 58 points at 4,4005. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...