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Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... only minor, accounting for 7% of insurance policy payments in the 20 year period between 1991-2010. Natural disasters are huge concerns to Australian insurers as well with $5.3bn in insurance losses (the euphemistic term for policy claims payments) incurred ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... headline results present tremendous opportunities for Australia's superannuation and wealth management sector, they also present huge challenges for any sections of it unwilling to adapt. For example, Australians are wealthier, getting older, having ...

UHNW take $720bn hit in 2011

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... "UHNW individuals account for about 35% of the wealth of all millionaires, so as they were the big losers. They have had a huge impact on the overall wealth whereas the $1 million to $5 million bracket of millionaires, although they account for 90% of ...

Rainmaker appoints new BD head

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... communications solutions. Christopher Page, Rainmaker's managing director, said "This is a well earned promotion and gives Moe a huge springboard for continuing to contribute to Rainmaker's success." Alshawa has been involved with Rainmaker for three ...

Fin services GDP share to shrink by 2050

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... accentuate this strategic shift. "Undoubtedly the financial and insurance services industry division will continue to be a huge consumer of ICT services for a long time, but the paradox is the likely eventual shrinking of its share of the nation's GDP ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... positive, but analysts said Spain still faces tough fiscal challenges and Greece's coming election still risks putting a huge crack in the eurozone. LONDON - A stocks and euro rally on news Spain will get up to 100 billion euros ($A128 billion) in eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... points, to 2,372.23. Spain has moved into focus as it struggles with a banking crisis while battling record unemployment, a huge public deficit and a recession, raising concerns of a financial collapse. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose 6.94 points, or 0.2 ...

Eurozone turmoil sparks 'flight-to-quality'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... quality asset, the more stress in the global economy, the better those assets will do. "True flight to quality assets will be huge beneficiaries of the ongoing weakness coming out of Europe." This morning, Australian bond futures prices fell, despite ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... the euro slid to $US1.2767 from $US1.2773 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets closed higher after huge losses last week, with traders taking some heart from a statement by G8 leaders saying they wanted Greece to remain in the eurozone. ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... you 'suffer,' replied Greek political parties - those rejecting the austerity in exchange for bailouts -- that picked up huge vote at the 6 May elections (perhaps even accompanied with a one finger salute). Syriza, the coalition party of the radical ...