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Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... positive outlook for US stocks but referred to the Australian housing market as a bubble. Economists such as Harvard professor Martin Feldstein have predicted nothing but gloom ahead for the troubled North American country, which must seek approval from ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... Fund managers hoping for a US GDP growth rate of 3 per cent or better are likely to be disappointed if Harvard academic Martin Feldstein is correct. Dr Feldstein recently told the Australian Centre for Financial Studies that the US was unlikely to achieve ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... investors not to miss out on property stocks while at the bottom of the cycle because inflows into the sector remain down. Martin Hession, head of property, Australian Unity, said that retail investment in unlisted funds was at 10-20 per cent of where ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... up to be the belle of the merger ball and is looking to attract corporate funds, casting its eyes towards Fairfax. Ross Martin, chief executive of Media Super, today said that his fund had added new functional capabilities to make it more attractive ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... Cassar said the straight-through processing efficiencies could knock 40 per cent from the cost base of administration. Martin Spedding, executive director for DST, said the technology had also been set up with multi-currency, multilingual infrastructure. ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... existing clients as it pursues slow, rather than fast, growth. "We would look for one or two new clients, net, per year," said Martin Goss, senior investment consultant, Towers Watson. "You except that some you can't retain but we're not chasing growth ...

YouTube, you beauty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... quirky and fun stuff, but today super funds can use it for more lofty goals - and it won't cost their members a cent. Tim Martin, director at 2 Sticks Digital Marketing, said that super fund marketeers should consider using You Tube as a means to communicate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was five points higher at 4,759, with 14,537 contracts traded. Martin Lakos, director at Macquarie Private Wealth, said trading was lacklustre on Tuesday, with Monday's low volumes continuing as ...

Church ministers urged to save

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... the event, as did Murray Nicholls from chartered accountants Saward Dawson, Cornerstone Wealth Financial Planner, Gavin Martin and Focus on the Family Chairman, Neville Cox. "After a lifetime of ministry we want to make sure ministers and pastors are ...

Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... in terms of improved financial performance, increased productivity, lower employee turnover and higher morale," said Ian Martin, senior vice president, head of State Street's Global Services. The Employer of Choice for Women citation is awarded to non-government ...