AIA Australia launches enhanced Priority Protection product

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Life insurer AIA Australia yesterday announced a number of enhancements to its top-selling Priority Protection product. Clients can now access a 12.5% discount for lump sum policies purchased with AIA Vitality,... Read more continue reading

Strategies to survive a bear market – Part I

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Welcome to 2016, where headlines scream about the prospect of bear markets, accompanied by images of screens showing an endless sea of red. Global markets are concerned about a trifecta... Read more continue reading

China scare

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China has replaced Greece as the main worry for financial markets – and it is fundamentally a much bigger deal. A depreciation of China’s currency, a sell-off in the country’s... Read more continue reading

Top performing super funds in 2015

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Median balanced options delivers 5.6% in 2015 The median Balanced Option recorded a 0.2% gain in December, taking the 2015 calendar year return to 5.6%. While this sits well below the... Read more continue reading

Pricing power adds pep to equities, says AB

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With China and emerging markets slowing down and fragile recoveries in the US and Europe, investors will struggle to find companies that can reliably increase earnings this year, says global... Read more continue reading

BetaShares Australian ETF Review: Year End 2015

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Multiple industry records were broken in another hallmark year for the Australian exchange traded fund industry, according to BetaShares Australian ETF Review – End of Year Review 2015. The industry... Read more continue reading

Markets spooked as oil leads commodity crash and other reasons to panic (or not to panic)

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What a start to 2016, says George Lucas, managing director Instreet Investment. “With a change in calendar year, came a change in investor sentiment sparking a large sell off in... Read more continue reading

China’s FV policy in a tough balancing act

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An ongoing liberalization of China’s currency and capital account is under threat as the renminbi falls, capital outflows intensify and foreign reserves dwindle. Forging ahead with the reform and taking... Read more continue reading

Record-breaking year predicted for ETFs

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The sharemarket’s shaky start in 2016, after falling for the past 11 months, is prompting a surge of investment in exchange traded products (ETPs) that may exceed $8 billion in... Read more continue reading

Emerging Markets: the optimistic view

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With all the gloom and doubt surrounding China and other emerging market economies, Portfolio Manager of the Van Eck Emerging Markets Equity Strategy, David Semple, remains optimistic that 2016 will... Read more continue reading