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Silk questions value of financial services intermediaries

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... literacy is one of the greatest challenges that the industry is facing. "The government's assumption that the whole population is informed is a utopian nirvana," Silk said. He said that more than half of the Australian population has "substandard literacy ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... direct shares compared with 26% in 2012. "We find HNW investors to be leading indicators for what the general investor population will do," Investment Trends senior analyst Uwe Helmes. "While the general population continued to accumulate cash reserves ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... get their say in a referendum set for 16 March. With more than half (65% according to some reports) of the province's population Russians, guess which way the majority would vote? What's the West gonna do if the referendum gets an "aye" vote to secede? ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... similar rate. SEA comprises 14 countries located between Australia and China with combined GDP of A$2.7 trillion and a population of 620 million. Attention turning towards SEA helps explain the 55% increase in merger and acquisitions into the region ...

Ageing population threatens welfare system: Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey questioned whether the health and welfare systems could cope with the country's ageing population and asked for a debate about the cost of the age pension. Hockey spoke during the G-20 Finance ministers meeting that took place in ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Dividends paid by the world's listed companies burst through the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever in 2013, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, a new quarterly report analysing equity income from around the world. The report revealed ...

FSC acclaims free trade agreement with Korea

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Korea where they may not otherwise have the resources to open a full commercial presence. "With a large and ageing population with high average incomes, South Korea is one of the most important markets in Asia for Australia," FSC chief executive John ...

Equip enlists Medibank for health insurance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... to members about the cost of health care in retirement, one of the most significant and growing costs for an ageing population." Medibank's divisional general manager of sales and service Jason Gowie added: "We are excited about the partnership between ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... stable even if business investment contracts and the government would have to remain lax about immigration and allow the population to continue to grow strongly. Credit Suisse also played with the idea that "the downward trend stops, and the Aussie appreciates ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... inflation problem in Australia." Blythe listed a number of factors driving domestic prices higher. These include: an ageing population causing people to spend more on health; shifting education preferences driving rises in school fees; an attempt at ...