The need for timely life insurance claims

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The growing number of people who lodge ‘late notified’ claims against disability policies many years after their cover has ceased force upwards pressure on the price of premiums. Australia’s largest... Read more continue reading

The third arrow of Abenomics takes shape

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Japan’s parliament in June began debating legislation that would allow for the country’s first casinos. Whatever the merits casinos are as tourist attractions as the bill’s backers claim versus the... Read more continue reading

AFEX and Government agency sign FX guarantee deal to better protect Australian exporters

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A new deal, signed between AFEX, one of the world’s largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, and Australia’s export credit agency, Efic, will offer Australia’s export... Read more continue reading

Australia’s weak fiscal position threatens safe haven status

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Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, believes that despite experiencing one of the mildest downturns of any country during the global financial crisis and benefiting from a commodity boom,... Read more continue reading

Select launches Neuberger Berman ARMS Trust

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Select Fund Services (Select) has made Neuberger Berman’s Absolute Return Multi Strategy (ARMS) investment capability available to Australian investors, including the retail and self-managed superannuation fund market (SMSF), with the... Read more continue reading

China research trip confirmed investment downgrade by Australian Ethical

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“Four cities, five days, 14 companies: we made the most of our trip to China and it confirmed our concerns and reaffirmed our decision to downgrade our economic assessment for... Read more continue reading

TAL calls for “affordable” pricing of life insurance

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 Level premiums just like “fixed” rate mortgages In the wake of the interim Financial System Inquiry report, Australia’s largest life insurer TAL is calling for greater recognition of the “affordable”... Read more continue reading

Zurich says AREIT investors must buy the best properties on the street, not the whole street

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) contests recent commentary on the merits of active management in the increasingly buoyant Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREITs) market, instead believing that the uneven... Read more continue reading

The importance of work in health recovery

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Australia’s largest life insurer TAL has become a signatory to the Australasian Consensus Statement on the Health Benefits of Work. TAL Chief Customer Service and Operations Officer Penny Coates said:... Read more continue reading

Investec Australia Property Fund announces $65.5 million acquisition in Brisbane

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Investec Australia Property Fund (“IAPF” or the “Fund”) has announced the Fund’s third acquisition since listing late in 2013, with the purchase of an office development newly completed in July... Read more continue reading