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Plum podcasts

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Plum Financial Services is targeting Gen Y with a move to podcasting information the first step in a multi-channel communications strategy. Managing director, Mike Fitzsimons, said the move to podcast the Plum member newsletter was the first step in ...

Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market is facing the jitters today after Wall Street ended last week badly and the price of oil continued to climb. US stocks plummeted in the financial sector, amid fears that hedge fund losses on risky mortgage securities could ...

Vanguard takes top honours at Rainmaker Marketing Awards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... Planning Rainmaker Business Development Manager of the Year (Superannuation) David Woodall, Head of Business Development Plum Rainmaker Business Development Manager of the Year (Investment Management) Stephen O'Brien, Head of Institutional Business Tyndall ...

Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Investors will be keeping an eye on the Chinese currency today following Beijing's announcement on Friday of another interest rate increase and a widening of its foreign exchange trading band against the US$. China's central bank also raised interest ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
The Australian share market is expected to continue on its upward path today after US stocks performed strongly on Friday and commodity prices rose. At 0808 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was trading up 16 points ...

Good thing bananas don't pay rent

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
If bananas becoming luxury goods were a key driver of the 0.1 per cent lift in inflation, then escalating rents could be the next black cloud on our inflation horizon. The problem is increasing rents, which experienced their biggest quarterly rise in ...

Midwinter appoints ex-Advance head of technical

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Financial planning software provider Midwinter Financial Services has appointed the former head of technical services at Advance Asset Management as their new general manager of strategy and technical services. Matthew Esler left Advance last year and ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after gains in US stocks on Friday, triggered by positive company profits outlooks. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0709 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading up 21 points to 6,195. ...

Attitude determines financial altitude: Plum

Forget financial literacy. Leading superannuation advice specialist Plum found that attitudes to money are more critical than financial education when trying to get the message across. Plum's senior education development consultant, Michelle Brown ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
Australian stocks were down across the board at midday, as profit-takers moved in and the local bourse bucked a mixed international lead. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 44 points lower to 5951, while the all ordinaries lost 39.6 points ...