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Plum opens investment website

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Plum Financial Services has launched an equity market and investment information website, Investor market watch, for its members. The website shows a number of Standard & Poor's indices, real time data market data with the All Ordinaries Index, a range ...

Is super sexist?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... half the amount of retirement savings than men even though they account for roughly 50 per cent of the workforce. The article highlights the government's co-contribution scheme and encourages women to think about their super when arranging financial ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... and formats," said Jason Low, The Association for Payroll Specialists' general manager in a previous Financial Standard article. The Federal Government is partly addressing this time and admin cost problem by introducing an optional superannuation clearing ...

New resources, fresh ads for advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
The Financial Planning Association is helping advisers battle the financial crisis with a new resource centre for its members and a "Value of Advice" campaign targeted towards consumers. The FPA announced today that it had launched the Market Volatility ...

Mortgage funds' phantom lifeline

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... victory because he has simply announced what cash funds could have done anyway. CORRECTION: An earlier headline of this article read "Cash funds phantom lifeline". This is incorrect and the article has been amended.

Cuffe fund outperforms index by 13.8 pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... organisation which focuses on addressing pressing community challenges. CORRECTION: 17/10/08 An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Third Link Growth Fund returned 13.8 per cent. In fact, the fund still posted a loss but outperformed ...

Basis delays capital return, adds $38m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
Basis Capital has delayed the partial return of capital to unit holders of its Aust-Rim fund for a month but said it will give back a further $38 million to unit holders of the Pac-Rim Opportunity fund next month. Basis Capital Funds Management has ...

HBOS Australia gives Lloyds thumbs up

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... competition in the Australian banking market and providing real choice for Australian consumers and businesses," he said. An article from The Sheet yesterday noted the takeover of HBOS would give Lloyds about 29 per cent of the consumer banking market ...

No jump in client meetings: Business Health

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... insurance or manage their super - you want to take them through the whole journey," said Peatey. An earlier edition of this article incorrectly stated that advisers should see at least 38 clients a week. The number should have read 13.

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... worried the market. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's share prices dropped by more than 20 percent last night on the back of an article in Barron magazine stated that it is increasingly likely that the US government will bail out these government sponsored ...