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Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Papademos, who was in charge until the inconclusive national election earlier this month, speculated that other European nations were bracing themselves for a Greek exit. "Although such a scenario is unlikely to materialise and it is not desirable either ...

FPA calls for improved education on advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... with your first job to manage transition into retirement. "The concept of financial literacy is being addressed by other nations such as Thailand where they have made sure financial planning and education is on the school curriculum." Rantall said he ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... sharply and the euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per cent ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... five years to now reach an estimated 500 million policy holders. Microinsurance aims to protect poor people in emerging nations against traditional risks such as accidents, illnesses, death in the family, natural disasters and property losses with premium ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... aggregate $1.1 trillion or 23% of the sector. Australia's SWF, the Future Fund, is the 13th largest. The primary reason nations establish a SWF is to manage windfall export income from oil reserves as these funds account for half of all SWFs and represent ...

ASX appoints Gonski replacement

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Roderic Holliday-Smith will succeed David Gonski as chairman of directors on the ASX Board as Gonski departs for the Future Fund. Gonski resigned as chair of the ASX Group on March 14 to replace former CBA boss David Murray as the new chair of the Future ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... followed by Australia with 26%, mainland China with 14%, South Korea with 10% and Taiwan with 5%. The remaining seven nations made up just 18% between them. But while Japan's market is steady and Australia's growth is being compressed by the rising AUD ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... area manufacturing and services PMI reading to 48.7 this month from 49.3 in February? We already know that most member nations are in the midst of fiscal retrenchment and/or raising taxes and that the bigger surprise would be if the euro region avoids ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
CFSGAM has topped five out of six United Nations responsible investment rankings with the fund manager urging the local institutional market to see the real benefits in responsible investing. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) achieved ...

Govt push for foreign infra investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... water conservation." The Federal Government wants Australia to become a major player in global food production with United Nations predictions estimating the growing world population will drive up demand for food by 70% by the year 2050. Investment in ...