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Health Super gives aid to fire victims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Health Super is helping bushfire victims by donating their call centre staff services, giving blood, and offering essentials to aid those in need. The $7.6 billion industry fund has donated the services of its call centre staff to the Red Cross Call ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
AMP Banking customers will continue to receive access to fee-free ATMs, despite the new Direct Charging rules that will come into effect in March, after the bank signed a deal with Cuscal, owner of the rediATM network. AMP Banking, which doesn't have ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... chosen their 'first dog' to grace the occasion. But beyond trifles, the eyes of the world will be on Washington tomorrow (US time) as Mr. Obama becomes the first African-American to hold the highest office in the planet. Unlike his predecessor who broke ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... 4.4 per cent loss to a 4.7 per cent gain all in one trading day. Similarly, the S&P 500 index turned its early morning (US time) retreat of as much as 4.6 per cent into a 4.2 per cent gain at the close of trading. Early morning sellers saw the US economic ...

Investment titans now governed by Fed

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... avert a disastrous turn similar to Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. Goldman Sachs announced in a statement yesterday US time that it will become the fourth largest bank holding company and will be under a tighter regulatory leash by the Federal Reserve. ...

AFS tailors record profits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has announced they will end the year breaking all previous records. The results, as measured by the group's key performance indicators (KPIs), saw a 103 per cent increase in income, 49 per cent rise in profitability ...

Lonsec recognises Cohen & Steers' long track record

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
US REIT specialist Cohen & Steers' Global Listed Property Fund has received a positive rating review from Lonsec. The fund, which opened to Australian investors in February 2006 and has returned 19.8 per cent since inception, is considered by Lonsec ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
BankWest has been awarded Money magazine's Best of the Best award for reverse mortgages sold by banks while ABN AMRO won the award for the best non-bank reverse mortgage. Macquarie and CommBank came in second and third for the banks while Bluestone ...

Gore says industry should steer by the stars

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) kicked off its annual conference this week with keynote speaker Al Gore telling the financial services industry to "steer by the stars". Gore spoke with the panache expected of a former American ...