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Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
Enhancing insurance products remains a priority for super funds and their providers in 2009 as government and industry funds re-jig their offerings for better member cover. Public sector super provider Super SA for instance has announced the roll-out ...

Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Investors in three of the five Australian Unity Investments property vehicles have voted 'yes' to the firm's proposal to staple five property syndicates to establish a $400 million retail property fund. A recent media report claimed that AUI had failed ...

The best forecaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
Those of you who still remember the 'Maestro' - former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan - would also recall one of his musings, the long-term interest rate conundrum. In his testimony before the US Congress in February 2005, Greenspan declared ...

St.George chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Paul Fegan, chief executive and managing director of St. George Bank, has announced his resignation. "Given that St.George shareholders have overwhelmingly endorsed the [Westpac/St.George] merger, it's now appropriate to make my decision about the future," ...

All together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
It is just fitting that the world leaders from the Group of 20 nations decided to meet on 15 November 2008 to hatch their battle plans for ending the global financial crisis. For on this very same day in 1920, the League of Nations also held its first ...

Vision Super eyes banking within super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Vision Super makes history in the industry fund sector when it paired up with transactional banking provider Cuscal to offer fund members a banking service to access their super savings. Vision Super's fund development manager David Moxon said members ...

Changing of the guard at Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Chris Corneil is the new head of Russell's Australian and New Zealand businesses after Alan Schoenheimer was promoted to lead the firm's international business operations. Russell's long-time chief executive of the Asia Pacific region, Alan Schoenheimer ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
'The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.' (Jesse Livermore). While most of us were sleeping (those lucky enough to have their A$1 turn to A$0.80 instead of A$0.20), Wall Street was ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
It's time to invest in Australian shares and stop waiting on the sidelines for volatility to subside, according to Paul Fiani, head of equities at Integrity Investment Management. "A year ago taxi drivers were giving you stock tips, which is always ...

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... singled out as the city most likely to show the first signs of improvement. Overall house values are still below the February '04 peak of $598,700 and the gap between Brisbane and Melbourne has never been narrower. Sydney also now has the lowest vacancy ...