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End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The tapering of quantitative easing (QE) will burst the bubble in high-yielding 'zombie' stocks, according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global ...

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... families. Changes include a school fees protector, which would cover tuition fees should a parent be unable to cover them due to death or injury; and a carer's allowance benefit, replacing lost income for up to six months of carers who must give up work ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... industry fund respondent. "Engaged members will still be engaged; the disengaged will stay disengaged." Another called it a "death by a thousand cuts." The majority saw the legislation leading to mergers. "Medium-sized funds will spend the next five ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... these, they look oh so rational, don't they not? The same way arguments arguing "the end of the world as we know it" or the "death of capitalism" or the "it's gonna be worst than the Great Depression" looked oh so logical back in 2008. Thank goodness ...

The death of QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself." - Publilius Syrus (Maxim 511) What parent would name his child Publilius? But Pub - the Assyrian who wrote mimes in Latin during the 1 BC - as he was fondly called could have been describing ...

UniSuper nearly ready to award $25m insurance contract

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... REST have announced plans to lift the cost of insurance to their members. AustralianSuper will, increase the cost of its death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover by around 38%. REST, has increased the cost of its death cover by about 45% ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

No middle ground post-FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
Will FoFA be the death-knell for mid-size financial services companies? Industry experts predict that some segments could lose out come July. Talking at the 18th Financial Standard Sales and Marketing Forum, National Australia Bank (NAB) head of asset ...

Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... Online came a strong - and rising - second. The writing may be on the wall for TV, but it is going to be "an agonizingly slow death," Barton said. Barton also questioned the effectiveness of marketing through social media. Having a Facebook page, for ...

Funeral arrangements for Synchron's Paul Riegelhuth

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... friend," Prossor and Trapnell said in a statement. Bennett said: "I am personally devastated to learn of the accidental death of Synchron Director, Paul Riegelhuth."