News Round Up

Monday, December 9th 2002, 6:40AM

Perpetual Investments has launched a new Australian share fund with a range of new features.

The Quantitative Investments Alpha Share fund invests in Australian industrial and resource shares and has been designed to control risk relative to the benchmark while still aiming to deliver consistent performance.

Perpetual uses a quantitative model to drive its investment decisions.

The fund has 'dial up' and 'dial down' commission structure, and a range of upfront fees.

Quotes on your phone
Sydney based stockmarket data provider Iguana2 today announced the launch of a new web-based stockmarket investor information service – SMSQuotes.

SMSQuotes is an alert service that sends realtime ASX and NZSE stock quotes to users’ mobile phones and email accounts.

"SMSQuotes will provide Australasian investors the freedom to be kept informed of what’s happening in the market, without being chained to their desk or computer," SMSQuotes business manager Ben Dutton says.

SMSQuotes has differentiated itself from other offerings by designing a specifically tailored service for investors.

Paying off student loans faster
It's easy to get a student loan, the hard part is to pay it back. A new book, Get Rid of Your Student Loan Now has been written to help students get rid of their debt.

Author, Lisa Shultz, says many students are struggling to get their heads around the financial mess they find themselves in. In effect students are having to start thinking strategically about their financial future years earlier than in the pre-student loan era.

If you know anyone with a student loan this book could be the best Christmas present they get this year. Buy it today through the Good Returns' bookstore.

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