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Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... "Self-funded retiree's investments are still tied up [in funds they can't redeem] and recovery from the global financial crisis is slow. Apart from the Coalition's promise to raise the income limits on the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, there's been ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... add long-term value to the business. "Zurich's strong governance practices were central to surviving the global financial crisis unscathed and Zurich is extremely proud to see its efforts recognised through this prestigious award," said Smith. To decide ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... Singapore on Bencoolen Street by the LaSalle Asian Opportunity Fund II. "After two tough years following the global financial crisis, it is really exciting to have so much good news to announce within a week. "We see strong growth potential in Asia Pacific ...

First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... will also boost our national savings pool, which played a key role in ensuring Australia weathered the global financial crisis better than most," Reynolds said. In an AIST Newspoll conducted in June this year, an overwhelming majority of working Australians ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... credit that drives business and any suggestion that they were still struggling in the fallout from the global financial crisis would badly hit confidence in them and the economic recovery, they said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was virtually ...

APRA proposals could deter overseas firms: AXA

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... services hub. "While one understands regulators' natural desire to insure against the background of the global financial crisis, the danger is, if implemented as currently proposed, it will be very difficult to attract companies to run international ...

Coding error review prompts sell rating

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... of the coding error on performance," said S&P Fund Services analyst, Justine Gorman. "The effect of the global financial crisis has led many quantitative managers to review and test their models and consider potential enhancements. We consider this to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... 19,761 contracts. Burrell Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said the market was cautious in the post-global financial crisis environment. "It's just a very apathetic market at the moment and I just think, post-the GFC, it doesn't take much of a setback ...

QIC adopts lifecycle investing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... option design. "With most super fund members in defined contribution plans, the recent effects of the global financial crisis have illustrated the dangers of taking a static approach to asset allocation," Drew said. "We believe that the static, one size ...

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... past year, we've had a cautious stance on the market because we didn't think the issues regarding the global financial crisis were over. We invested in stocks with very good cash flows and weren't exposed to high debt," said Feros. The Wholesale 452 ...