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AIA renews commitment with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... cost around $160 million dollars a year in income protection and disability claims. "Occupational rehabilitation has been a huge focus for us as a business, and we've conducted significant trials in this space to establish the key principles essential ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Was that it? No fire sale? Have the financial markets lost their marbles? Haven't they read the headlines about Greece turn from gloom to doom and yet... there were no massive sell orders? Or, not enough buy-ops. Equity markets closed down, a bit, - ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Australia, the market on Thursday gained ground for a third straight day, more than offsetting the losses suffered in Monday's huge sell-off. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 84.1 points, or 1.52 per cent, at 5,599.8 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... deploy capital but also export super funds' know how in connecting pension savings to bankable projects. "This move will be a huge fillip for Australian expertise in funds management, engineering, construction, architecture and legal services which could ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... faster than anticipated. The Chinese stock market is expected to climb to US$10 trillion by the end of this year, driven by huge rises in the Chinese bourses; the China Shenzhen A Share index has increased more than 120% so far this year while the Shanghai ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... European Union as it struggles to secure a deal to release 7.2 billion euros ($US8.1 billion) of remaining bailout funds with a huge debt repayments to the IMF due at the end of the month. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has warned that if no deal ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... but to buy to include into their emerging market portfolios - whether underweight or overweight. It's looking a lot like a huge rally is in order. But, but... but the SSE A Share Index have already rallied by 59% this year to date and by 153% from a ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... crisis, when equity markets around Europe are selling off hard and fast." HONG KONG - Shanghai stocks have recovered from a huge plunge to close higher while Tokyo's early gains wilted to almost nothing but the euro ticked up after Greece and its creditors ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... guarantee's introduction and for whom their home is "their super fund" - providing this amnesty would "free up some of these huge homes so that we don't have to build more of them in suburbs with no infrastructure." "And it doesn't cost anything because ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... best returns right now are being offered by offshore stock markets, SMSFs are missing out on these opportunities given their huge bias towards local shares. Moreover, if the Australian dollar continues to fall, investors could see even greater gains ...