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Storm ramps up HostPLUS media exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... report, produced by research company Repucom, the Melbourne Storm jersey is the most valuable property across both the NRL and AFL, with more than $4.2 million generated in media return in season 2008. The Storm's five key sponsors, HostPLUS, Medibank ...

Insurance stays afloat

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The insurance industry may have been bashed by the troubles in the financial markets - but one researcher believes that most players are safe due to strong regulations, technology investments and sound portfolio management. According to Datamonitor ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The world is catching the financial literacy bug with the launch of new programs now targeting the impoverished in the third world. Last month the Aflatoun global Campaign for Child Social and Financial Education was launched in Amsterdam by Princess ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally in the black at noon on the back of a positive US lead and a stronger oil price overnight. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 0.6 of a point higher at 5,538.2, while the broader All Ordinaries was up ...

AIG auctions ManU FC jersey for charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
AIG Life is running a silent auction of a Manchester United soccer jersey that has been signed by the whole 2007 football team, with proceeds going to the Reach Foundation, a charity that works with young people around Australia. The Reach Foundation ...

HOSTPLUS joins the Collingwood Magpies team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
HOSTPLUS has taken another bold step in its high profile brand marketing strategy, partnering with the AFL Collingwood Magpies on a number of strategies designed to benefit both parties and HOSTPLUS members. As part of the partnership, HOSTPLUS becomes ...

PIS gets behind the wheel for racing sponsorship

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... services sponsors including ING and the Renault F1 racing team, HOST-PLUS and the NRL Melbourne Storm, Members Equity and the AFL Fremantle Dockers, NAB and the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Bank and the Australian cricket team and Macquarie Bank ...

Modern kids are consumer savvy: CommBank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
Just when we thought we'd seen the last of those financial literacy surveys, a new study of secondary school students has found half don't understand the word 'debit' while only one-quarter know what the word 'credit' means. But the surprising result ...

China heading for recession?

A leading global economist who correctly predicted the collapse and the timing of the Asian credit bubble is boldly predicting that China is heading for an economic slowdown in the second half of next year. Andrew Hunt, principal of UK-based Andrew ...

Members Equity runs on with Fremantle Dockers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
Members Equity Bank (MEB) has signed on as an official sponsor of the Fremantle Dockers AFL team for the next three years, joining other financial players in the footballing ranks. The Fremantle Football Club said that with MEB agreeing to become a ...