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Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... sentiment index rose to a better-than-forecast 71.6 in November from 67.7 in October. This is the highest reading since the June "pause". And why not? US consumer's income and spending increased the month before. Personal income rose by 0.5 per cent ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...

Advice costs 'halved' with new system

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Infocus Money Management will launch its new in-house client management system to close the gap between what Australians are willing to pay for advice and what it costs to provide. The financial planning network has developed a fully-integrated client ...

PIH planners vote yes to merger, future uncertain

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Professional Investment Holdings is a step closer to merging with Centrepoint Alliance after the majority of PIH planners agreed to the deal - but there's a big question mark on how many of them will stay at the new firm. PIH shareholders in four separate ...

AIA signs record number of corporate funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
AIA Australia has won mandates from 40 small to medium size corporate super schemes in the last 12 months. Damien Green, chief executive of AIA Australia, said that the number of schemes that have contracted AIA for insurance offerings has risen dramatically. ...

First State app gets 11,000 hits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Less than four months after First State Super launched its inaugural iPhone app for members to check their super, the fund has recorded 11,000 downloads - and expects more people to sign up. First State Super, which had $18.6 billion at the end of June  ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
What's seemingly wrong at the beginning of last week became whole again - maybe - by the close. Fears that China would impose measures to extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. ...

Asgard ramps up ETFs and direct equities strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The newly-appointed head of Asgard, Craig Lawrenson, has mapped out a three-year business plan, including a more aggressive strategy towards providing direct equities, model portfolios and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to its platform. Lawrenson said ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The deep wounds caused by the GFC to investors are a long way from healing, with shareholder resentment over executive pay packets still at an all-time high. Despite a surging share price and strong business performance in the last financial year, shareholders ...