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A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Despite China's strong influence, Australia's currency if not our economy still seems joined at the hip with the US, and the latest Federal Reserve rate cut can be expected to have a substantial knock on effect at home. Not all Federal Reserve board ...

SRI funds beat the index

Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds are not just good for the soul, they're good for the hip pockets too after yet another study that found SRI portfolios have beaten the index in the last two years. The latest SRI Median Study from AMP Capital ...

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
In a huge turnaround of priorities, the US Federal Reserve, which last week was more concerned about inflation than a sub-prime activated credit crunch, decided to cut its discount rate by 0.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent. The Fed charges this rate on ...

Hip to be outside the square

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... assets which took out six of the top 10 spots. But the real surprise was that two funds with less than $1 billion in assets, Hip Super and Intrust, showed up the big brands with returns of 18 per cent each, a full 3 percentage points above the market ...

DSTi helps dealer groups audit easy

Financial services solutions provider DST International (DSTi) is making it easier for financial companies to track changes made to client records after the group expanded the Database Audit Module of its HiPortfolio/3 product. The feature enables the ...

Arnheim Gillard's new advisory service targets HIP managers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... Arnheim Gillard has launched a new 'holistic' financial advisory service targeting Australia's growing High Income Professional (HIP) market. The fee-based service aims to provide advice to a younger demographic, characterised by general managers in ...

Superpartners chief resigns

... better place when he took over. He has done a really good job," said Ross Bernays, chief executive of Health Industry Plan (HIP), one of Superpartners' major clients. The superannuation administration industry looks to be in the middle of a management ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... levels in superannuation so Australia's families are better protected," he said. Some super funds already recognise this. HIP Super, AustralianSuper and HESTA Super are major super funds that have recently updated their insurance offerings by significantly ...

Suncorp-Promina merger relies on IT integration

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
A key part of Suncorp's merger with Promina relies on spending $395 million to integrate their information technology infrastructure in return for securing savings of $225 million within two years. Part of the challenge is Suncorp already manages a ...

HIP in the spirit of giving out member benefits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Industry super fund Health Industry Plan (HIP) has unveiled a range of improved member benefits to see in the new year. After going to tender on its insurance partnership, HIP eventually renegotiated an insurance deal with ING that translated to a 15 ...