Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 4411 - 4420 of 4839 results for "EAC"

Consumers want more savings but have nothing to save

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A consumer survey sponsored by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found consumers generally support opt-out higher super contribution levels while a survey by max Super found half don't have any spare money anyway. The ASFA ...

ING OneAnswer launches new adviser fee choices

ING has launched OneAnswer Select, a new product option on the OneAnswer platform that offers an easier and less costly alternative for financial planners looking to switch from commissions to a fee-for-service model. ING said that the product fully ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open slightly softer, despite a strong Wall Street lead on Friday ahead of the listing of new Telstra shares today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0729 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A buoyant economy has created strong demand for professionals particularly in the engineering field where new graduates are commanding starting salaries of $50-60,000. The median for Investment banking graduates according to the Australian Association ...

Westpac launches affordable bill cover

Consumers hard pressed to fork out extra cash to pay for insurance cover should consider Westpac Life Insurance's new product called 'Bill Cover', which offers as much as $600 cover to pay for bills from a low $12 premium per month. The Westpac offering ...

ASIC shadow shop draws zero consumer complaints

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The way this year's adviser shadow shop survey was played up around the media and by critics of financial advisers implied massive structural problems with the advice industry, so why then has it drawn zero consumer complaints? Responding to the fall-out ...

Return to sender costs millions: QAS

The humble mailing address is back in the spotlight as increasing automation of mail-outs means incorrect addresses are costing companies at least $25 million in 'return to sender' costs, and one too many irate customers, according to software firm ...

Absolute returns not high risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Super funds increasing their allocations to hedge funds and absolute strategies are not increasing their risk weightings because such strategies are really aimed at adding greater diversification. Scott MacDonald, managing director of VanMac Global ...

Financial Wisdom trumpets its Platinum Advantage

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
Financial Wisdom's Platinum Advantage program has so far been a resounding success with affiliated planners and their clients. The Platinum Advantage program offers Financial Wisdom advisers and their clients access to special retail discounts and offers ...

Back the winning horse, all the time

Citigroup compared it to "choosing the horse after the race has run" when it launched a product that gives investors a pick from three multi-asset portfolios but the returns of the top performing portfolio, whether the investor chose it or not. 'Optimiser ...