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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... sell-off following a tumble on Wall Street as traders grow concerned the US Federal Reserve could bring an early end to its huge stimulus program. Minutes from the Fed's most recent policy board meeting showed some members in favour of cutting short ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... the stock market. "Return expectations don't predict returns, but they do predict investment activity, therefore this is a huge development," said Peker. "January is the most positive we have seen investor return expectations in the last 20 months. "Almost ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... pension transfers, considerable care must be taken to ensure a misunderstanding of international rules doesn't result in huge tax penalties. This was one of the overarching missives conveyed by Rahul Singh an AMP technical services analyst during his ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... reversed morning losses and ended up 0.2 per cent, or 4.98 points, at 2,433.13 after the Chinese central bank injected a huge amount of cash into the market to satisfy pre-Lunar New Year holiday demand from traders. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell ...

TAL's Affinia hires for growth plans

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Life insurance group TAL's new risk business Affinia has hired three regional managers to spearhead growth plans, it said yesterday. Affinia said that Jonathon Nguyen, Peter Nielsen and Paul Gaffney would become regional managers, and that each had ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... reduction from the 7.5% growth it predicted previously. The ADB cited high inflation, slowing consumption and the country's huge fiscal deficit. Latest data show that India has the highest inflation rate among the BRICs - 9.8% in November. Worse, it ...

Affinia kicks off 2013 with three senior hires

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
TAL's new risk-specialist dealer group, Affinia, today announces that it has hired three regional managers to help drive the group's ambitious growth plans. Jonathon Nguyen has joined the team as Affinia's regional manager, Vic, Tas, SA, WA. Nguyen ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... is the case in a classic bubble scenario, but by flight-to-safety," he said. "In addition, foreign investment is playing a huge role in the price of Australian bonds." Before the GFC, approximately 20-30% of Australian government bonds were held offshore. ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... until unemployment was under control. However, the head of the central bank, Ben Bernanke, said the looming fiscal cliff of huge tax hikes and deep spending cuts was already hitting the economy. The yen continued its slide ahead of the weekend's general ...

Investors turn from cash to fixed income: UBS

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... by super funds that can simply no longer afford to stay in cash. "All super funds are overweight cash, and we will see a huge swing, but exactly when - we're not sure."