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Profits down for Count

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... said it expects its net profit before tax to sit at $14.6 million, down 12 per cent on the corresponding period. Mortgage Choice, which Count Financial bought a $6 million slice of last July, lost $3.9 million. This contributed to the overall mark to ...

Cycling for charity: Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Are you up for a 100km bicycle ride from Port Arthur to Hobart to help young people with problems kick their addictions? For Quadrant Super, riding for charity is a breeze. The Tasmanian-based super fund is one of the corporate sponsors of Live Free ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... going to do? Given the extent of the problem - and without ammunition left on interest rates - the Fed may have no other choice but to print money. It will make good on its word to expand its balance sheet and go for quantitative easing. The Fed indicated ...

Advisers happier with wrap service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... highly satisfied with the reporting service. More than 90 per cent of advisers said the platform's level of investment choice was "positive". Doug Chang, Macquarie Wrap head of product, said adviser demand is a key driver on what the firm provides on ...

Janus banks on maths for success

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... favoured Janus' global strategies over regional ones, but the launch of the product indicated a widening of investment choice for clients. "The strong response for our research products in Australia is mostly for our global research, but it's great to ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good. As for our common defence, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure ...

Rainmaker coverage tops 25,000 options

Rainmaker has just completed a major research expansion, boosting the investment option coverage in its online adviser and super fund web software to a massive 25,000 investment options. Andrew Keevers, Rainmaker associate director of research, said ...

Storm enters voluntary administration

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... firm's administrators. Emmanuel Cassimatis, Storm Financial managing director, said the financial planning firm had no choice to enter voluntary administration after Storm Financial failed to pay the full amount of its corporate debt facility to the ...

Introducing life cycle insurance: REST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... their commitments and responsibilities lessen, the cover tapers off. The insurance is also flexible - members are given the choice of a basic package of death, total and permanent disablement (TPD) and long-term income protection cover. But they can ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... even psychiatrists. It is also possible that some part-time jobs may be disappearing not because of force but because of choice. Note that the majority of part-timers are females (71 per cent of total part-time employment). Choice because many expectant ...