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Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Superannuation is the number cause of financial worries among Australians, but many are choosing newspapers over advisers for information when making financial decisions, new CoreData figures show. CoreData surveyed 4,000 Australians and found that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... drop in sales of new homes in December brought concerns about how fast the economy is recovering. Traders were also paying close attention to a hearing on Capitol Hill where Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answered questions about the government's ...

AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is expected to close in the first half of this year following regulatory approval. AXA said the Romanian market has a low life insurance penetration ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are likely to open weaker on Wednesday after the Australia Day public holiday, with Wall Street losing ground in late trade to post a decline. At 0827 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 33 ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Investors will be wary of inflation and deflation risks, hedge funds will undergo closer scrutiny and ESG factors will take prominence - these are some of Mercer's investment trends predictions for Asia this year. Although the threat of sustained deflation ...

TAAM to add two more clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM) is close to signing two more clients before the end of the first quarter. Peter Sartori, chief investment officer at TAAM, said the fund manager has the capacity to take on board some more funds from pension and ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... debate about how financial planners should structure their business is that the average financial adviser is 54 years old - close to retirement age. Given the timing, the problem becomes whether they will invest more money into their business to suit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are likely to slump on Friday after equity markets in Europe and the US fell on concerns that the global economic recovery won't be as smooth as investors had been hoping. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Going nowhere fast. This is what the Dow did over the past two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Index dropped 122 points - the biggest since mid-December - after rallying by 116 points the day before. The Dow closed at a 15-month high on speculation that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... another batch of US corporate earnings results. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index shed 27.38 points to close at 10,737.52. HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares fell 1.81 per cent amid renewed weakness in banks due to continued uncertainties ...