AOL, Intuit deal gives members a ride on the superhighway
Australian members of AOL now have access to the Quicken.com.au investment service, thanks to a recent alliance formed between AOL in Australia and Intuit, a leading international supplier of financial software and Web-based services.
Accessed on AOL's Money channel, the Quicken.com.au Online Investment Centre provides news headlines, information on managed funds and other investments and an on-line share and managed fund trading service.
Also offered is the chance to chat live online with finance experts like George Cochrane, finance adviser of the Sun Herald, James Dunn of Shares Magazine, John Raneri of Australian Investment and Taxation Bulletin, and Michael Gordon of Australian Sharemarket Investor.
In addition to AOL subscription fees, those trading through the service pay a transactional fee of $49.
Since its launch in November 1998, Quicken.com.au Australia has had more than 300,000 visitors.
Managing director Dai Kyu Kim says the operation is 100 per cent locally owned but has direct access to Intuit's global resources and technology.
Quicken.com sites also exist in the United States, Canada, Germany and Britain, but Kim says the content, services and information to be offered in Australia are based on research into local market requirements.
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