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Battle of the super brands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... [the CFS ad meant], if you look at the literals, the benefits and the idea that Colonial is working harder for example is pretty thin," he said. Feedback from those surveyed showed the bulk of consumers simply see the MLC, AMP and CFS ads as advertising ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... "BHP and Rio are up quite a lot which is driving market," Wilson HTM client adviser Joseph Pagliaro said. "Otherwise, its pretty uneventful with Victoria out." Victoria was marking the Labour Day public holiday on Monday. BHP Billiton, the biggest company ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... report. Klipin argues that the five cases - given there are around 17,000 planners in the country - made the research "pretty limited". "The AFA always welcomes good, robust research that sheds light on our profession and industry, and in particular ...

Local funds hold firm on US equities

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... poor, the earnings positions is particularly poor in the US at the moment. But looking at current valuations, they look pretty attractive and investors now are being rewarded for risk more so today than in the last decade," he said. This move from JANA ...

AMP holds LPT strategy, wins mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... firm is focused on identifying properties that can service their debt and wade out the current crisis. "The prospects are pretty bright right now, if [those properties] can service their debt, and provide strong dividend payments. If and when inflation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... futures contract was 37 points weaker at 3,363 on a volume of 9,057 contracts. "We do have financial stocks down after a pretty poor session on Wall Street last night," CMC Markets market analyst David Taylor said. A lack of detailed information in the ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... children's education, and other things such as early mortgage repayments - investment bonds and insurance bonds have a pretty good application for all these requirements. "As a planning tool, advisers are using [insurance bonds] to recommend to their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Street overnight," he said. "The miners are obviously gaining from positive sentiment in the market this morning. The mood's pretty good leading into the weekend. "There's a bit of optimism around town that China may be picking their stockpiles back ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... and Newcrest mining were draining cash from the market. "The banks are getting belted," he said. "The market is looking pretty terrible from the point of view that all the cash is being sucked out. "No one can afford to buy stock because they're getting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... Potter said. "That's what we saw overseas last night, triggered by news of the worsening economic situation in the US. "It's pretty much expected. "And base metals fell three to four per cent overnight across the board." Debt-laden mining giant Rio Tinto ...