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Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Social media expert Kim Anderson, formerly from ninemsn and now founder of www.readingroom.com.au, said the benefits of social media are real and the more super fund communication professionals take the trend seriously, the better off they will be. ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou Asia is up, Europe is up, Wall Street is up... for three days straight. But what has changed? Nothing really except for investors and speculators getting ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
There's peace and quiet on financial market's overnight. Not a soul was stirring... not even a mouse. The Americans are celebrating their Independence Day. They're on holiday. This gave me a holiday too... that is, a holiday from the daily noises - ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

IQ Business grows 20pc due to Cooper Review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
IQ Business Group has benefited from the Federal Government's review of the superannuation system, growing more than 20 per cent as trustees assess the potential impact. Graham Sammells, chief executive at IQ Business Group, which works with super funds ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
It's a wrap! Once again, the age-old adage "sell in May then go away" re-asserted itself in 2010. It may be the "Year of the Tiger" in the Chinese calendar but for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to ...

FPA chief to champion planner needs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Incoming FPA chief Mark Rantall said his main focus as the new head of the financial planning body is to renew consumer confidence in the industry and listen closely to the needs of FPA members. Rantall, who is on leave ahead of taking on the role ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
"I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down." - Chumbawamba Phew! That was one hell of a ride wasn't it? You know what I'm talking about. Correct! Last week's financial market ups, downs, twists and turns. Five days of ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Thanks but no thanks! This is the Australian financial markets response to the government's response to the Henry Tax Review. BHP and RIO and other profitable miners are up in arms over Krudd's proposed 40 per cent tax on their "super profits." Investors ...

FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) do not expect many of their members to exit the industry as a result of the government's financial advice reforms. Deen Sanders, acting chief executive at the FPA ...