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Quadrant members say no to email

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
In an age where information technology is becoming more and more integrated into daily life, more than three quarters of the members Tasmanian super Quadrant prefer to have their super fund information sent by snail mail. The TNS conducted research ...

RBF and MGI buy $350m airport

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Tasmanian Gateway Consortium (TGC) comprising of Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund III, Macquarie Capital Group and Retirement Benefit Fund has purchased the Hobart International Airport for $350.5 million. In a statement, TGC said the group ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher, according to the futures index, however, base metals are mixed and Wall Street has been flat overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 23 points ...

Futures contracts director caught without AFSL

ASIC has taken a court order against a Tasmanian-based company and director for providing financial training in futures contracts without the proper financial licence. The Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne, made interim orders restraining Oxford ...

ANZ bank looks to India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... adopting new technologies in India to lead the pack, according to Mike Smith, ANZ's chief executive. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle yesterday, Smith said in terms of technology, Australia and New Zealand compared to Spain and Korea were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
... annual results in Sydney, and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd chief executive Mike Smith addresses the Trans-Tasman Business Circle. Campbell Brothers Ltd shows its first half results in Melbourne, Flinders Diamonds Ltd holds its annual general ...

Less junk mail drives rollover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
Super members are five times more likely to consolidate their superannuation accounts if they are warned of the paper pile-up that comes with multiple accounts, according to AUSfund research. AUSfund, in collaboration with marketing company Shannon's ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...

Tassies downsize to upsize retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Many Tasmanians intend to sell their current home to part-fund their retirement and move to a 'smaller' property, a decision that could lead them into financial strife, according to Quadrant super chief executive Wayne Davy. Quadrant commissioned a ...