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Bite sized super at Telstra

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The $10 billion-plus Telstra Super launched a series of short and sharp informative web videos for members to get involved with their super. Telstra's 'Super Bites' videos run between two and four minutes each and feature members of the fund's education ...

Vow names new chief

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... development program and launching broker reward scheme programs Pinnacle Club and V Growth. In February, the $16-billion plus mortgage aggregator Vow Financial, part-owned by Macquarie Group, flagged plans to offer non-mortgage financial products and ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... government spending (welfare, jobs) only leads to less jobs, less spending, less economic growth, less government revenues - plus protests and riots on the side. At best, the debt to GDP ratio stays at the same high level. Back to square one. And this ...

Zenith wins four fin planning mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... for Zenith Investment Partners, which won four research mandates from planning groups including one from the $10 billion-plus Wilson HTM. ASX-listed Wilson HTM, which had $10.1 billion at the end of June in funds under advice, appointed Zenith as its ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... government-set caps on lending and plan to stop expanding their loan books to avoid exceeding the annual quotas..." Less lending (plus other tightening policies) equals less oil for the mill of the growth machine. Something went wrong over the past 24 ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... millions! Thanks to the late pick up on Wall Street - the S&P 500 and the Dow closed only 0.2 per cent down and the Nasdaq ended plus 0.6 per cent - my performance review shouldn't be all that bad. Having said that, volatility would remain the highlight ...

HIP appoints MLC as insurer, boosts cover

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The $500 million-plus Health Industry Plan has appointed MLC as its group insurance provider and improved its insurance benefits for members. According to a letter from chairman Anthony Wallace, MLC's appointment coincides with increases in death cover ...

Centric Wealth gears up for acquisitions

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... continue cultivating relationships with its high net worth clients - the key drivers of its business through referrals. "Ninety plus per cent of new clients come from referrals from existing clients or accounting partners," he said. "We are experiencing ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... undermining claims that LPTs offer investors diversification from equities. David Hartley, chief executive of $15 billion plus industry fund SunSuper, said that the role of direct property in his portfolio had been validated by its performance during ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... pace, what now? Well let's see. As far as Ireland goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the IMF against it. European Council president Herman van Rompuy has even upped the ante, declaring that '"We're in a survival ...