Insurance and Finance

Digital payments & banks; tough calls for insurers; foreigners & Oz housing; miner equity raising & exploration activity; and grocery prices.

Henderson has made an acquisition which will propel its strategy of becoming a global diversified asset manager.

Australian domestic tourism is soggy, TV advertising is subdued, retailing is disappointing, and credit growth is soft but there has been a bump up in gold prices.

Brokers offer their outlooks for recently listed Genworth Mortgage Insurance.

Oz retailer risks; Coles and liquor; Morgan Stanley turns defensive; media winners; commercial property credit.

FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Bell Potter outlines the advantages to Suncorp of divesting in banking and life insurance and adding health to its general insurance business.

The Chartist suggests any further pullback in Macquarie Group provides an attractive entry level to catch an ongoing upside trend.

Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities weighs up the technicals for QBE Insurance.

Brokers reshape their outlook for Australia’s banks, in the wake of the European Central Bank’s move to negative interest rates.

Nick Linton-Ffrost of Fifth Wave suggests a short-term trading idea in Commonwealth Bank.