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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases national accounts data including gross domestic product for December quarter. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher after news that Australian retailers recorded ...

NGS Super lists portfolio holdings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
NGS Super has made detailed investment information available to all members online, in what could be a growing trend for the superannuation industry. Chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball said the move will provide greater transparency about the holdings ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
It was bound to happen, didn't it? We've come full circle to the spooks that haunted through most of last year. Two weeks ago it was America and fears of Fed unwinding. Last week it was Italy and scares of a European debt crisis flashback. This week ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... update with a panel discussion featuring APRA member Ian Laughlin and IAG direct insurance chief executive Andy Cornish. No major equities news is expected on Tuesday. In Australia, the market on Monday finished sharply weaker, dragged down by resources ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... month just ended, the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey and the NAB quarterly online retail sales index. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed almost half a per cent lower as the major resources companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... 0.15 per cent, lower at 14,054.49 points on the back of mixed GDP and jobless claims data. On the local maket, among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank lifted 17 cents to $67.44, ANZ lost 13 cents at $28.59, National Australia Bank advanced 32 cents ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... investment strategist Russ Koesterich and deputy chief investment officer Tom Parker, authored the report. In it they warned of 'major holes' in the great rotation theory and urged investors to take steps to mitigate the inherent risks still lurking ...

Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... alone this represents a large, fast-growing and under-served market," he said. "Ours is a unique product available over all major platforms in the industry that has no competitors." On the second half of 2012, Challenger Life increased its assets under ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... and clients," Crewe said. AIA Australia is the country's largest group life insurer by market share and works closely with major financial institutions and corporate partners.

Virgin Money Australia names MD

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... cracking year and that's reflected in our numbers; we've doubled the size of our insurance book and have the fastest growing major credit card portfolio in the country. We've now set our sights on more product launches that will allow the business to ...