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YouTube, you beauty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
YouTube used to be the domain of teenagers and the odd adult videotaping quirky and fun stuff, but today super funds can use it for more lofty goals - and it won't cost their members a cent. Tim Martin, director at 2 Sticks Digital Marketing, said that ...

Levy to fund $15m ad campaign

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... by Banjo Advertising were pitched. Of the three pitches: 'Are you qualified to do that?', 'The Power of Planning' and "The odd one out' the first and second have so far proved the most popular. The first campaign focuses on the qualifications people ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... advantages, the big challenge is likely to be the investment integration of AustralianSuper's 160 mandates with Westscheme's 100-odd mandates. Still, AustralianSuper, according SelectingSuper is the sixth best performing super fund against Westscheme ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Trouble on the Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... ...

Faster and easier insurance: Asteron

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Asteron has axed mandatory personal medical attendant's reports (PMARs) for all types of cover across all products, making insurance easier to access for advisers and clients. Asteron has also increased non-medical and financial underwriting requirements ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
"Well, it's a three step process. First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way. The nation will stop tomorrow for the race that stops a nation. Odds-on favourite is for So You Think to pass the finish line in strides. We shall see! But even ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Smith was optimistic the market would improve throughout the day, however. "We're probably paying the penalty for being up 20-odd points yesterday, but I think we're just taking 24 paces back so we can having a running jump at 4,700," Mr Smith said of ...

Premium Investors cuts cost, restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Investors went through a large off market buy back late last year, which saw most of its institutional investors depart and 4,000 odd retail investors remain. Collins said 2011 expenses are expected to be more than 40 per cent lower than this year to ...