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Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
Bad markets? Tick. Shaky economic times? Tick. Planners' business growth? Tick. Despite the market downturn, 43 per cent of financial planning business owners are confident their business will grow by more 25 per cent per year in the next five years ...

AXA enhances North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial planners can help their clients protect their investment and contributions for the next five years after AXA Australia enhanced its North product. The new Protected Investment Guarantee option is a five to seven year, complete return of capital ...

Unilever fund dumps direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The $7.7 billion pension fund for Unilever, Progress, is radically changing its asset allocation to property by pulling out of the direct property sector and switching to listed real estate trusts. Due to changing market conditions in the real estate ...

PIS campaign to reflect change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is rolling out a new marketing campaign to reflect how much the business has grown over the last 10 years. PIS, which is the largest non-aligned dealer group in the country with more than $20 billion in funds under ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Australian shares were over four per cent higher at noon after US indices soared to their second-largest point gain ever. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 170.1 points, or 4.48 per cent, at 3,964.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained ...

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories are using their collective $6 trillion investment might to persuade around 9,000 companies to sign a set of corporate social responsibility standards. The 52 strong group wrote ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
People don't need to read the funny pages anymore to get their daily amusement fix. They only have to read the way the media interpret the daily movements in the stockmarket. Wall Street rallied almost 11 per cent last night. Here is Bloomberg's interpretation ...

First State Super wins low cost race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Economies of scale, use of electronic fund transfers (EFTs) and use of email over paperwork all helped make $15 billion First State Super the 'lowest cost' public offer fund in Australia, based on the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report. The report ...

Retail fund fights back

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The value of financial advice must be considered when comparing performance, an issue often overlooked in the debate about retail versus industry funds, said Colonial First State head of strategy, Nicolette Rubinsztein. The industry debate on the differences ...

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Five former executives at Virgin Money, including former head Rohan Gamble, have resurfaced in a new online financial services outfit called Mozo. Mozo, short for Money Zone, allows consumers to compare financial products online, from credit cards to ...