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Members star in Sunsuper ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... that it will give them choice and freedom, and many have retirement aspirations that - while not necessarily grandiose - stretch well beyond the stereotypical images of caravanning and retirement villages. "Our goal is to make the Sunsuper brand as relevant ...

S&P downgrades Challenger Aus Share funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
S&P Fund Services has placed the Challenger Australian Share Income Fund 'on hold' and derated the group's Australian Share Fund and Select Australian Share Fund from four stars to three stars, citing resourcing issues. The changed ratings come on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
The Australian share market was up marginally at noon, with rising mining and energy stocks providing a boost. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,883.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Yes we can! One more time, Yes we can! Obama has spoken and Wall Street saw that it was good. Despite rising criticism of his presidency and falling popularity, you can't help but be roused by the man when you listen to him speak with his distinct rhetorical ...

S&G settles claims for CBA Storm clients

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... loans. "The resolution process is a first in Australia and the volumes of people and paperwork involved will of necessity stretch the patience of Storm investors. "I know full well that our members have suffered for almost a year now but I urge everyone ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... per cent in the year to June, slightly worse than the MSCI World Index, which lost 29 per cent over the same period. But stretch to five years and global listed infrastructure investors have done well. The GLI index gained 8.87 per cent annually in the ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... AAA? When the credit rating agencies say it is - in our case, Moody's. But first, a very big yawn with a matching upward stretch of both arms! I am talking about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, of course. This was the big 'non-event' ...

Financial planning is key: Westpac

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Westpac chief executive and managing director, Gail Kelly, said in a briefing yesterday that the bank's financial planning business is central to Westpac's multi-brand strategy. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch briefing, Kelly said ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Equity markets have come a long way after hitting their lows in March. Their run-up was first measured in days, day stretched into weeks and now...months. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the ...

Super is for income, not wealth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Super funds should start reporting their performance based on how much income they can provide to members on retirement, not on how much they return in the intervening period when the savings are locked up, said a US-based retirement expert. Don Ezra ...