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BT Super for Life wins clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... much like an online savings account. Demonstrating the firm's drive for innovation, BT Super for Life members are able to top up their super by converting reward points from Westpac credit cards to superannuation savings. In addition, BT Super for Life ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... more than three per cent in after-hours trade from their close at $33.73 on the New York Stock Exchange. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended flat as gloom in banks and pharmaceuticals offset gains in miners and oil shares which rode on the coat-tail ...

QIC breaks away from asset norm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
QIC, a top institutional fund manager with over $70 billion in assets under management, has restructured its business along three lines, based on alpha, beta and capital management, as opposed to traditional asset classes. Following the restructure ...

Advisers endorse rural insurance top guns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
Rabo Financial Advisers (RFA) is set to boost its risk insurance relationships with Aviva, Asteron and CommInsure after they were identified as leaders in providing risk insurance to primary producers and regional businesses. The financial planning ...

Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study. The Unisys Security Index measures the level of ...

Macq, Contango and Patriot lead small caps table

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
Macquarie, Contango and Patriot have reached the top of the Zenith ranks - climbing from recommended to highly recommended for their small cap funds following the ratings house's sector review. Zenith Investment Partners' 2008 Australian small companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... TOKYO - The Nikkei stock average rose 0.22 per cent to hit a two-month closing high, led higher by financial players such as top lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, which jumped ten per cent on improving investor confidence in the sector. The Nikkei ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher this morning following gains on Wall Street and stronger base metals prices on Friday. At 0722 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 90 points higher at 5,694. Today ...

Big Day Out for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Advisers returned to their offices armed with a bundle of new ideas and strategies following Tuesday's Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO). The event in Sydney saw 140 advisers learn from representatives of Opus Capital, Aberdeen Asset Management, Franklin ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... program to lower the cost of housing finance in the wholesale market comes to fruition, Winnel's worst nightmare could come top pass. However, it may be just the catalyst we need to get the government talking seriously to developers who are already in ...