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AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Members Equity Bank is to be subjected to a strategic review of its direction by its four largest industry fund shareholders. Melbourne consultants LEK have been contracted by AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Host Plus in the wake of three new board ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today as recent US optimism ebbed and oil reversed its recent decline. At 0732 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 58 points lower at 4,917. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to gain after US equities rose. Gold miners may decline after the precious metal fell overnight. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract was 88 points higher ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... the resources to handle - or didn't know about. "They're the ones that could lose their CFPs," he said. Financial Standard poll on fee disclosure While small to mid-size firms could struggle, a Financial Standard spot poll of the 30 largest financial ...

Till losses do us part

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
The ability of super funds to retain members and attract new ones will be put to the test after a new poll revealed one in five will switch funds if they see red in their next member statement. An online poll by management consultancy Gullone Group ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... administrative nightmare, which is why AIST has launched a project researching how to remove that admin burden. However, a media poll this week asking ' Do women deserve special treatment over their super? ' revealed that the public doesn't seem to care ...

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... the pressure of investors, issuers, and underwriters to change their ratings, a new survey shows. A recent member opinion poll conducted by the CFA Institute found that 11 per cent of those surveyed witnessed a CRA alter its rating in response to pressures ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... just taken off on five weeks annual leave to look after endangered wombats notwithstanding that a Daily Telegraph online poll has 70 per cent of readers backing his wombat holiday. Readers wanting good news will have to wait until Sunday night so they ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... conventional means - but the online revolution seems to be slow on the uptake, a new survey shows. According to a recent Allianz poll, only 32 per cent of Australians aged 18 years and over expect buying insurance online to be any cheaper than buying ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... showing many Australians are increasingly concerned about the motivations driving professionals in the sector. According to the poll, which surveyed 1201 respondents, 84 per cent agree that there should be a law requiring financial advisers to "provide ...