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As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... increasingly flow into tablet usage, is that 80% of children under the age of 15 already regularly access the internet, notes analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Social Trends studies. As these younger consumers mature they will force super ...

Fin services GDP share to shrink by 2050

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... the future economy] is more likely to threaten financial services than enable it to grow as fast as it has in the past," notes the report. Explaining how the revenue generating distribution structures that are currently the sector's mainstay will be ...

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... Board will continue to manage the fund in the interest of all stockholders," said a statement issued by Macquarie. "MGU notes that, since the Global Financial Crisis, the Fund's discount has narrowed significantly while at the same time it has increased ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... for Europe to sort itself out. You don't want to be left holding euros if Europe's worst nightmare happens and those euro notes you own become as useful as toilet paper. But what about contagion to the rest of the world? Certainly. Financial market volatility ...

Asgard launches new website for advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... interactive calendar with key cut-off dates for transactions that can be simply loaded in to either Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes. The site also offers processing and reporting of current information regarding key client reports and mailings including ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... for the 12-month bills was 2.9 times the amount sold, compared with 2.14 times last month. Demand for the longer maturity notes rose to 3.77 times from 2.93." Say what? Yes, there's even greater demand for Spanish debt compared with last month. This ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... that it was time superannuation funds fix their volatile asset-allocations and increase holdings of cash, floating-rate notes, and fixed-rate bonds. "With the launch of Smarter Money, Yellow Brick Road wants to offer mums and dads an institutional-grade ...

Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... continually delaying the implementation of the Investment Manager Regime." Cormann was pointing to an addendum to Hansard notes stating, "Stakeholders have informally indicated that the impact of the regime on investment decision is unlikely to be felt ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... demand in China and especially India where 60% of the market resides. Latin America accounts for 15% and Africa makes up 5%, notes a new edition of the microinsurance compendium released by the Facility and the Munich Re Foundation. Asia is so central ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Growing use of exotic Exchange Traded Notes is raising fears in the US, following a price crash in a popular ETN that was tracking the VIX index, that the notes are poorly understood. ETNs, as distinct to regular Exchange Traded Funds, are a form of ...