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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... concern about Greece's eurozone future. Dealers are also keeping an eye on Spain as the country's banking sector comes under huge pressure while Italy saw the ratings of 26 of its lenders downgraded amid fears over their exposure to the region's debt ...

OnePath upgrades insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... and they include blue collar, baby boomers and high net worth clients, said Kerr. "Understanding these segments has been a huge motivator for how we have underlined our changes accordingly. "OneCare was launched seven years ago and since then we've constantly ...

TAL makes executive appointments

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... to transact directly. "John's expertise in running direct insurance businesses and direct marketing functions will be of huge importance in helping shape TAL's direct insurance customer agenda over the coming years." Hoyle joins TAL Direct from Chartis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... In Madrid, the IBEX 35 index surged by 2.72 per cent to close at 7063.2 points after the government said it would clean up huge bad loans at the nation's fourth-biggest listed bank, Bankia. The European Commission had hinted it could give Spain more ...

SFG to close competitive gap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... there's a need for a different kind of competitor to what we've now got - which is the Big 4 banks and AMP/AXA, which are huge. You've got the industry funds aggregating and you haven't got anything in particular that's client/advice focused." Fenning ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... And... it's bad, it's bad, you know it. It's bad when the unemployment rate falls to 8.1% from 8.2% in March only because a huge number of them Yankees - all 342,000 of them - have given up looking for work and just gone home to bed. The participation ...

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... that otherwise they would have to use leverage to purchase outright, which in a high interest rate environment would impose huge trading costs on asset owners. These asset owners, such as superannuation funds, make their stock holdings available for ...

Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... testamentary trusts and it is superior to holding investment through a private company." In the 1980s, insurance bonds were a huge investment vehicle, but in the 1990s they lost favour, said James Proctor, Rainmaker Group head of technical services. ...

Longevity forcing industry to adapt to thrive

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... warns that Australia's Baby Boomers have already started retiring and will do so in force over the coming decade - moving a huge proportion of retirement savings into the 'draw down' phase. The discussion paper said that in addition to unknowns around ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... monetary easing as it tries to kickstart the torpid economy. Tokyo closed 0.43 per cent, or 40.94 points, lower at 9,520.89 as a huge spike in the wake of the BoJ announcement was reversed. Seoul added 0.58 per cent, or 11.30 points, to close at 1,975.34. ...