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AXA boosts profits, broadens Asian market reach

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... purchases in New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Hong Kong, combined with joint ventures in India and Malaysia - two of the fastest growing life insurance markets in Asia, according to Allert. The acquisition of Winterthur Hong Kong follows their purchase ...

Reverse mortgages jump 80 per cent to $1.5 billion

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... settled in the December half was 72. Deloitte Trowbridge partner James Hickey said people aged 60 to 70 represented the fastest growing borrower segment. The average loan size has increased slightly from $53,500 reported in the June 2006 survey to $54,200. ...

FUM surges to $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... however they out-grew wholesale over the past 12 months with an increase of 18.7 per cent," said Rainmaker. "The five fastest growing sectors, in headline percentage terms, were ethical/SRI, direct property, property securities, 'other', and hedge funds. ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... realise the unstoppable changes that are coming towards us, said Costello. For example, "Those aged 85 and over will be our fastest growing cohort. Twenty years ago it wasn't even registering." In economic terms however, the big challenge is national ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... rising by 7.7 per cent in February compared to a year earlier. While exports grew by 9.7 per cent over the period, the fastest rate for eight months, imports fell from 11.1 per cent to 10.1 per cent effectively channeling more money in the Japanese direction. ...

Charles River key IT for Islamic funds

... According to one estimate, the Islamic finance industry has assets worth over $US750 billion and is considered one of the fastest growing industry in the world. "As demand for Shari'ah funds grow, our clients are increasing their reliance on these tools ...

Daily economic round-up

... wages have had in a tight labour market. Exports from China have grown by 52 per cent over the last year which is there fastest for a dozen years and significantly outpaces the 13 per cent increase in imports to the Chinese economy. The February surplus ...

Aviva to sponsor World Solar Race

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... allocation into the sector. According to Rainmaker's latest asset class projections, alternatives investments are the fastest growing investment class in dollar terms. This is the third motor race sponsored by wealth managers in the past six months. ...

BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... represented in cold hard data." BankWest's deposits market share has increased by 21.42 per cent over the past 12 months, the fastest growth rate of all the banks. BankWest would push to grow its market share by continuing to focus on delivering competitive ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... billion in unallocated cash would be just outside the top 10 if it were counted in the survey. Rainmaker said the five fastest growing sectors, in headline percentage terms, were hedge funds, property securities, ethical/SRI, property and 'other assets'. ...