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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,397. The Fed chair's comments ...

Individual cover through super, key to insurance recovery

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The real opportunity for the insurance industry lies in encouraging consumers to enhance their default life risk cover within their superannuation, MetLife and Financial Services Council (FSC) research has concluded. "The real challenge for the industry ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... and ECB Governing Council member Josef Makuch said the bank was prepared to combat deflationary risks threatening the recovery in the eurozone. US home-price index, the S&P/Case-Shiller report, showed home prices in the 20 biggest cities in January rose ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... shouldn't include economic sanctions... not with its economy largely dependent on Russian gas and oil... not with Europe's recovery still tentative. Germany blinked, so did Italy with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declaring that sanctions should be gradual ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. A measure of the US economy's ...

NAB reports $1.4 billion net profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Commercial Real Estate (CRE) run-off portfolio. Both continue to benefit from the restructure we undertook in 2012 and the recovery of the UK economy." He also said that the bank's massive restructure that saw a large number of redundancies last year ...

Life insurance losses drag AMP results

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... one client plan, due for renegotiation in mid-year." "We are seeing small signs of improvement, but no quick sign of recovery," he said before adding that due to the nature of the insurance sector, "we expect recovery to be particularly bumpy." He reminded ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... Japanese central bank didn't announce these expansions in lending facilities because it's concerned that the economic recovery is stalling (nor did it read this space yesterday... deym, there goes my dream). N-O, No. "Japan's economy has continued to ...

Retiree confidence in super on the rise

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... modestly, from 31% to 37%. National Seniors Australia chief executive Michael O'Neill said: "This is a result of sustained recovery in equity markets and a rising share market producing better returns." Despite the rise in satisfaction, Challenger chief ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... technical default on its debt. The clean debt ceiling bill is also likely to reinforce growing confidence in the US economic recovery that combined with the bond tapering is seeing sustained recovery in the USD. In reaction, however, downward pressure ...