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HOSTPLUS serves up online engagement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... fund has grown its status in the social media world with over 1000 Twitter followers. The C4YC facebook page has 2300 friends and has had over 7000 visits. HOSTPLUS has also had 167,000 facebook post views and all on a media budget of $0. "It was very ...

Get on your bike for charity

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... ride in 2010 are back on their bikes again this year. They are challenging other financial planners, their colleagues and friends, to join them on the 10-day ride. The ride has been broken down in to sections, for the time poor, or a team can be organised ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... per cent of retirees use tablets, a higher usage rate that Gen-Y and Gen-Z. Australians average 217 social networking "friends" and for those using Twitter they follow an average 35 people.

Diamonds are a fund's best friends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Sparkling gems are luring investors with two global funds offering diamonds as a hedge against inflation and an alternative to traditional asset classes. Despite the availability of synthetic diamonds, prices for the gem have been rising for more than ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... needs to generate at least 150K jobs a month to ensure that the recovery is sustainable? Well, here's news for you my dear friends, job creation had been above 200k for the past three consecutive months. USA is on its way! But speaking of backtracking ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... seeking advice. The Annual Investor Index survey found that some 60 per cent of survey respondents aged between 22 to 34 ask friends, relatives and colleagues about finances and investing. This compares to just 43 per cent of Baby Boomers and 31 per ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... Spain about 300 basis points more. Germans can can currently borrow at 2.73 per cent payable in 10-years. And this, my friends, is where the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling. The higher interest rates these countries are made to pay to fund their deficits ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... duration between happily opening his present and discarding it is directly proportional to comments by his siblings and friends. Positive feedbacks mean he plays with it for maybe... one week and one day. Negative ones mean it starts to gather dust in ...

Bank planners more trusted than family: survey

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... These results are contrary to the rest of the developed world. In a majority of mature markets, the opinion and advice of friends and family rank ahead of all financial services institutions, according to the survey which drew responses from 74,000 people ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... just look to the past and say haven't we been great together..." Aww, how sweet! But this is to be expected. Many of its friends - Switzerland, the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France - have already withdrawn or announced their intention ...