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Seniors are tech savvy: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Super funds may want to rethink how they communicate to older Australians after a survey found 96 per cent of those over the age of 50 own a mobile phone and a similar number use SMS. A National Seniors Australia survey of more than 2,700 Australians ...

Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... expectations. But companies could only squeeze cost so much. Revenues - sales price times quantity - must improve in order for any company to continue to grow. Time will come when companies could fall into a Catch-22 situation. By continuing to reduce ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The global financial crisis wiped out nearly $20 trillion from the assets of the world's top 500 fund managers, new research found. Funds managed by the world's largest 500 fund managers fell by over 23 per cent last year to US$53.4 trillion ($60 trillion) ...

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Australia, noted the statement. Managing director for boutique self managed superannuation administration and consulting company The Super Group, Scott Marcellos, has been using SuperVisor II for 15 years and is set to upgrade his system to superMate ...

Simple advice at GESB

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
WA-based super fund GESB has launched a free Simple Advice service to boost its financial planning services to its 310,000 members. Providing easy access to advice over the phone, Simple Advice enables GESB to improve the financial well-being of its ...

AMP all aboard CFS, Navigator and Macq platforms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors' Capital Asian Equity Growth and Corporate Bond Fund have been added to a number of Colonial First State, Navigator and Macquarie platforms. The AMP Capital Asian Equity Growth Fund has been added to Colonial First State FirstWrap ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... complain about. We can't have our cake and eat it too! We can't demand strong growth to provide employment and underpin company profits and low interest rates and low inflation all at once. The RBA's tact (or is it market expectations?) of gently raising ...

PSS reduces premiums

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... for members at the start of last month. "This follows our recent negotiation with AIA Australia Limited - the insurance company who underwrites ADIC," noted a statement from the fund. AIA is the restructured Australasian operations of AIG. Members of ...

AMP focuses on REITs and infrastructure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors has signed an agreement with Brookfield Investment Management to create a $6 billion global listed real estate and infrastructure group, called AMP Capital Brookfield. AMP Capital Brookfield was formerly known as AMP Capital Redding ...

Bennelong wins AMP mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) has won a mandate to manage AMP Capital Investors' Future Directions Australian Share Fund's Australian equities investments. BAEP will manage 14 per cent of the Fund's portfolio. Bennelong joins AMP Capital ...