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Service not fees drive consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... respondents to the study, which surveyed 26,000 people, said poor service was their number one frustration, ranking three times more toxic than their next biggest frustration. For high value customers the figures are even more troubling. Martin North ...

Awash with water funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... said in a recent report. "A recent report by conservation organisation the WWF reveals people in wealthy countries use 10 times more water than those in poor ones, and water scarcity is now a global issue," said Liontamer. "The world needs to not only ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... well off their session lows. In an effort to calm the market, the US Federal Reserve added cash to the banking system three times -- $US38 billion in all -- and issued a statement that it would provide sufficient funds to prevent disruptions. It was ...

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... predictor of wealth. In fact households with the main residents being between 55 and 64 years of age were on average 10 times richer than households comprised of people in their early twenties. Household wealth was also found to peak for this age group ...

Never mind the length, look at the readability

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
... mortgage documents. However, IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert pointed out PDS size - a hotly debated issue in recent times - and communicating to younger members were still major issues. "Three quarters of respondents said they would find shorter ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

... put some perspective on it, if the ABN AMRO and Barclays merger was to go ahead, the merged entity would be around three times the size of all four Australian majors put together. Westpac often finds itself competing against organisations 10 times our ...

QIC awards $570m mandate to US endowment fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... a process rather than an asset class. "This investment will generate another protection mechanism for our clients during times of volatile market movements." Holzberger said the Makena Capital team were a key driver of QIC's decision to award the mandate. ...

HFA finds Lighthouse leads to global growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... purchase US-based alternative investment manager Lighthouse Partners for A$707 million in cash and shares - approximately 11 times Lighthouse's estimated FY08 EBITDA - as the new business focuses on growing its global alternatives presence. The two companies ...

Members treble personal contributions: Sunsuper

Sunsuper has announced its biggest year ever in contributions after members parked three times more of their own money into the fund during the year. The Queensland-based super fund has recorded more than $2.5 billion in total contributions for the ...

Market gains velocity

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... long-only investment managers. The Asia Pacific equity research team at JPMorgan describe 'stock velocity' as the number of times a stock trades its market capitalisation per year, and this has been increasing steadily along with liquidity. JP Morgan ...