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Plum has members in its sights with new appointment

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Hartley. "Tony will be driving the further advancements we are planning in member education to continue to empower our 189,000 plus members to take control of their finances to ensure they retire with adequate resources. "Already, Plum corporate members ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... 53.5 in May. Forget that any reading above 50 still indicates expanding manufacturing activity. Forget that the ISM's 60-plus readings are statistically rare. The index reached 60 and above readings only 53 times over the past 497 months (since January ...

Grant Samuel signs US fixed income partner

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... design and deliver an absolute returns strategy for the retail market by the end of the year. "It's an Australian cash rate plus 3 per cent or plus 5 per cent. That's where the interest seems to be and we'll get a pretty good handle on where the risk ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... tomorrow. Consensus expectations centre around a 0.3 per cent dip in real GDP in the first three months of this year - down from plus 0.7 per cent in the December quarter - for a year-on-year growth rate of 1.8 per cent. But what's this? Financial markets ...

Telstra Super slash fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... year as the fund continues its campaign to broaden member benefits. Starting from July 1 this year, Telstra Super Personal Plus members administration fees will be cut from 0.6 per cent to 0.2 per cent, with a member fee of $1.50 per week. "A member ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... do we see? Splattered all over websites is the return of risk-on trades. Stocks on Wall Street and in Europe closed with plus signs in front of them. The S&P 500 index was plus 0.3 per cent higher at the final bell, the Stoxx-600 closed plus 0.7 per ...

Shifts in Perpetual operations

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... During Sevior's absence, the fund will be managed by Paul Skamvougeras, current portfolio manager for the Perpetual Share Plus long/short Australian-equity fund. Portfolio manager Matt Williams will act as head of equities from July onwards while Sevior ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... Concerns about European sovereign debt also worsened after Fitch Ratings cut Greece's credit ratings by three notches to B-plus, and Standard & Poor's lowered Italy's credit rating outlook from stable to negative. Bank stocks are bearing the brunt of ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... that the stock market rally would last only six months. Indeed, since March 2009 the stock market has rallied for six -- plus 20 -- months to date! "Commodities leading down. Commodities markets are smaller and less subject to speculation than stock ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a few days in the slammer. He's recently bought his temporary freedom with a US$1 million bail plus a US$5 million insurance bond plus submitting to electronic monitoring 24 hours a day plus having an armed guard ...