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US reforms open doors for tax-savvy advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... lucrative advice to clients. Marvin W. Tuttle, executive director, FPA, said that the current rule was comparable to a sports team patenting a certain move during a game. "The practice of patenting a specific strategy is like a football team laying claim ...

SelectingSuper celebrates top 2010 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Australia's top superannuation funds. This morning's SelectingSuper Awards in Melbourne, which featured TEN Network veteran sports journalist Stephen Quartermain as host and AFL star Kevin Sheedy as special guest speaker, saw over 20 funds vying for ...

Charter Hall appoints Cannon

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Rugby Union having represented Australia in 42 Test Caps, 106 Super Rugby games and also his insightful commentary on Fox Sports.

Aviva, AMP and CommInsure top insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Trends named Aviva, AMP and CommInsure as the benchmark setters in the life insurance sector, after taking the top three sports in the firm's inaugural Investment Trends Life Insurer Benchmarking Report. Aviva's top spot was driven by "superior transaction ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... the business pages, and certainly our members wouldn't know what the [Australian] Financial Review is, and puts it in the sports pages. That is where our members are likely to go," said Elia previously. HOSTPLUS has more than 950,000 members and more ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... by at least 300 basis points (three per cent) each year by investing in around 100 high-quality growth stocks. Using a sports analogy, Berg alikens the strategy's stockpicks to a defense-offense strategy. "In very volatile sectors of the market, like ...

Health Super overhauls brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... at a time when many others have substantially revved up their advertising and branding strategies including tie-ups with sports games and industry events, as seen with HOSTPLUS, Sunsuper and Media Super. The fund's new logo was designed to "reflect the ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... new branch emerging right under the skeptics' noses. "Ethical investing or clean-tech investing, these are very fringe sports. They've been involved with very low returns or negative returns. But there's a new wave of sustainable investing and, probably ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Two major Australian events are fast approaching - Melbourne Cup Day and the RBA Board meeting. With two weeks to go till 3 November, punters are already eagerly punting on either Viewed or Efficient to win and the RBA to lift interest rates by 25 or ...

Industry funds in NRL grand final

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... the Storm sponsorship. Sponsoring the game has enabled the fund to bring the HOSTPLUS brand closer to employees in pubs, sports, stadiums, and food and beverage industries among others. It also acts as a trigger to think about super in non-financial ...