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Global listed property outperforms global equities by 8.6%

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Due to investor appetite for yield and safe-haven sectors, global listed property had significantly outperformed most major asset classes during 2012, a research paper reveals today. While fund performance has been impressive in an absolute sense, the ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
In the new edition of Financial Standard we review the issues that some of Australia's chief economists expect to define 2013, and feature the latest thinking in the social media space, as well as latest news, views and regular features. Financial Standard's ...

ME Bank launches premium treasury service

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
ME Bank will launch a new premium treasury service for wealth management advisers at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Melbourne on Wednesday. According to ME Bank general manager liabilities Michael Donohue, the ...

Bell Direct ranked top online broker

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Online share trader Bell Direct has again topped the customer satisfaction rankings for online traders, ranking first in 15 out of 16 categories in the Investment Trends Online Broking Report for the second half of 2012. The rankings reflect positive ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Based on strong underlying appetite for Australian bank paper and improved wholesale funding costs - significantly below the rates they're willing to pay for term deposits - total funds raised by major Australian banks in the wholesale markets just ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
New claimants will participate in a class action brought against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the sale of complex debt instruments by Gloucester Shire Council in NSW and self-managed superannuation fund Clurname in the Federal Court last ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... brief is to report on the tick-by-tick movement of the stock market and the tale the tape is telling. Now back to our main story. Do you still remember the story that hit the headlines two days ago? Yes that one, the one about the political uncertainty ...

Super funds get serious about social media

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
With social media becoming increasingly more powerful as a means of systemising client engagement, a clear strategy is needed for targeting members and managing risk, according to Buchan Consulting. Tom Buchan principal of Buchan Consulting is recognising ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... see the bunga bunga boy Signor Berlusconi returned to office - that could re-ignite the crisis there. This could be a big story. The media should be all over it, but...I looked and I looked and I looked... nothing in the headlines. Not in the Wall Street ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Financial advisers can achieve immediate wins in the social media stakes if they only bother to properly service existing clients, ensure their LinkedIn profile is built efficiently, and overcome their fear of making a video. That was one of the key ...