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Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... a client relationship tool. Many have now committed but, according to recent US research, the majority have fallen for Twitter over rival Facebook. Corporate Insight, a US based strategic marketing and consulting firm for the financial services industry ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... living now have witnessed the last time the USA was not AAA - 70 years ago. And it was different back then. Facebook and Twitter weren't around to broadcast in real time to the whole world, America's shame. And then there's the European experiment. An ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Uh-oh, we're in trouble now - really big trouble -- or so they say. No use pretending not to know what I'm talking about, it's splattered all over the weekend news. S&P has dropped one A from the USA's AAA. I must admit, I too didn't know what to think ...

ASIC cautions industry after US broker tweeted into suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... the social spaces to ensure fair trading and no misconduct. Online financial communities and forums, blogs, Facebook and Twitter are emerging as the new frontier of investment communication and the financial regulators are watching closely. "The online ...

HOSTPLUS serves up online engagement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... online applications to join the fund. Furthermore, the fund has grown its status in the social media world with over 1000 Twitter followers. The C4YC facebook page has 2300 friends and has had over 7000 visits. HOSTPLUS has also had 167,000 facebook ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... internet users access social networking, of which 97 per cent use Facebook, 9 per cent use LinkedIn and 8 per cent use Twitter. MySpace is used by 4 per cent. But for retirees using social networking, 99 per cent use Facebook, 14 per cent use LinkedIn ...

London hedge fund banking on Twitter

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... million fund, launched earlier this month, will use sentiment derived from social media data analysis from sites like Twitter to gauge human emotions and influence trading decisions. Derwent Capital's portfolio will consist of liquid equities and equity ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Now you see? Investors really do see what they want to see. Oh yes Virginia, the drip, drip, drip of economic reports and other news twittered, facebooked and blogged all over cyberspace were enough to send any bear to bear utopia - but they didn't. ...

Telstra Super launches retirement campaign

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... small, easy to digest bits of information. Members can receive daily or weekly updates or subscribe to Cheat Notes through Twitter or RSS.

Planners train up for social media regulations

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... media will be the new competing space for financial planners with the program offering guidance on compliance, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn along with updates on new techniques, social media developments and compliance updates. "Social media allows ...