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Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
APRA has issued the Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics report for the March 2015 quarter, showing net life insurer premiums are at $61.8 billion for the year to 31 March 2015, up from $50 billion in the previous year. Net policy payments ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... close, led by strong gains in Apple, Facebook and other technology stocks. Locally on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance figures for March. In equities news, Paladin Energy issues a trading update and Oil Search ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... per cent, or 157.90 points to 27,249.28. Chinese markets turned lower in the afternoon after the National Bureau of Statistics announced figures for retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment, which all missed expectations. The figures ...

FEATURE: Australia's other love affair

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... showing concern that the funds' ability to borrow to buy property could be behind the increase in house prices. ATO SMSF statistics show property investment grew at a rate of 14.7% in the year 2012-2013. The figure confirms the rate has remained steady ...

Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... you see a lot of negativity around anything where you're giving clients access to do their own stuff, but from our statistics and some of the articles and research we've done and read, you're tapping into a market that is not yet receiving advice."

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... dropped 0.79 per cent, while the broad-based S&P 500 1.18 per cent. Locally in economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail spending figures for March and the HIA new home sales for March is due out. And in equities news, News Corp ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... also seen the good building approvals update - a leading indicator of housing construction. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that "total dwelling units approved" rose by 2.8% in March to stand 23.6% higher over its level in the same ...

Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... (SIV) program, which was temporarily suspended last week. Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection statistics show that $3.255 billion has been invested in complying investments between November 2012 and January 2015, while $2.845 billion ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... news on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases financial aggregates for March and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the international trade price indexes for the March quarter. Former Liberal leader John Hewson speaks at a Property ...

JPM launches market insights app for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... clients. The Insights App includes a guide to markets with charts that illustrate quarterly market and economic trends and statistics. "We tried to make some of the more complicated concepts easy to understand because while our advisers are financially ...