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Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Former Rudd-government minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has advocated scrapping remaining defined benefit schemes for public servants and finding necessary savings by reducing public sector contributions instead of making cuts to broader super ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after Wall Street was boosted by better than expected data on the US manufacturing sector. A positive purchasing managers index reading for the month of September drove a rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
SYDNEY, Sept 28 AAP - Australian stocks have opened marginally weaker as investors had a subdued reaction to the Spanish government's plan to slash the nation's deficit. At 1015 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points, or ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open slightly higher after world markets reacted positively to the release of Spain's 2013 budget supporting its austerity measures. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two ...

Suncorp and Bendigo jump on hybrid demand

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Listed insurance company Suncorp is one of the latest to tap into investor demand for high yields with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid offer this week. The insurance giant said that the money raised from the hybrids which are called Convertible ...

Razor to board's pay follows PwC review

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Perpetual's directors have had their pay slashed after a review by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that they were overpaid. After the ASX-listed financial services company's 2011 annual general meeting returned a 26% 'no' vote on the remuneration package ...

Strong premium growth countered by claims costs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
While Australia's insurers have seen stronger growth in premiums, they have also seen insurance profits impacted by net claims and reinsurance costs during the last financial year, according to KPMG. KPMG's General Insurance Survey 2012 found that gross ...

Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
International equities are rising in popularity among Australian advisers, a Zurich survey has found. Almost 70% of advisers surveyed reported they intend to increase their clients' allocation to international equities in the next six to 12 months. ...

Controversial short-sell ban inconclusive

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
ASIC has defended its 2008 decision to permanently ban naked short-selling and temporarily ban covered short sales, despite its report on the GFC restrictions being inconclusive as to outcome. Yesterday the regulator's deputy chairman Belinda Gibson ...

InsuranceLine launches Income Protection Plus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Direct insurance provider InsuranceLine Australia has launched a new income protection plus product, which it claims will bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian market. The new product, Income Protection Plus, offers applicants ...