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Sunsuper harnesses Facebook reach

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... also receive prizes. Moves by Australia's big-four banks to harness the power of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to talk to followers has been well publicised but so far few super funds outside the likes of AustralianSuper and Hostplus ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Indecisions, indecisions... Is this the sound of silence I hear? Investors appear to have stopped on their tracks, unsure of whether the next move would be a jump or a dive. But with momentum blowing on their tail, chances are the uptrend that started ...

Super funds look to banks on social media

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... of funds have a searchable social media presence, the level of engagement varies dramatically with some simply claiming Twitter handle real-estate for future use. A lot of the communication is one-way, including videos that are largely pieces to camera ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Adviser tablet ownership triples

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Investments' (Zurich) infographic analysis shows that 42% now use social media daily and 38% at least weekly. Forty per cent use Twitter with 60% noting they are expecting to increase their use of LinkedIn in during 2012. The analysis also confirmed ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... that could again test the equity markets' faith. Sentiment still remains fragile that renewed risk aversion is just one twitter away. This, or I have completely missed buying another bottom. Deym.

10m Aussies 'Like' Facebook

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... equating to about 10% of that demographic group. Blogspot was meanwhile up 1.3 million and LinkedIn was up 1.2 million. Twitter, which is increasingly becoming an aggregation and news platform, was up 800,000 to 1.8 million, showing that while it's only ...

Lifewise takes insurance to new social sphere

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... over a lifetime. As an industry first, the campaign has recently launched new and exciting social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr and a personalised blog to interact with the new Lifewise social media website. In ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

Social media creating advice connections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... sales and strategy at Zurich Financial Services. "We also show people how they can search for things or add value through Twitter, or we can show them how to create and upload a video." Fabris said that the future of social media is in supplementing ...