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More products, more support for planners: BTIM

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... increase the support it gives to financial planners and roll out new products for the retail market as part of its expansion plan, the firm said after announcing a cash net profit after tax of $30.9 million this morning. In a statement released on the ...

Lack of confidence impedes adviser referrals

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... advocate, and will develop a financial planner's own business based on what their aspirations are through a strategic business plan. "It's about developing it based on the one-on-one relationship that you have with the client, building the advocate programs ...

BTFG drops van Eyk for S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has replaced van Eyk with Standard & Poor's Fund Services (S&P) for product research to be used by Westpac Financial Planning and dealer group Magnitude Financial Planning. The investment research mandate builds on S&P's services ...

Future Fund adjusts long term asset allocation strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... companies. The fund said it has overwhelmingly voted with company boards, however, it did oppose 30 per cent of remuneration plan grants and 25 per cent of remuneration reports. The fund also disclosed that it had amended its long term asset allocation ...

Watts named GM of Westpac

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Former head of wealth management at Macquarie Private Wealth, Jane Watts, has been appointed general manager of Westpac Private Bank. Watts held roles within Macquarie Wealth Management for eight years, with earlier executive positions at Lend Lease/MLC ...

Adviser sentenced to 8yrs imprisonment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
A former financial adviser receives a jail sentence after pleading guilty to 13 fraud charges following an ASIC investigation. Neil Francis Dodd was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in Townsville's District Court after an ASIC investigation concluded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... with Macquarie Bank scheduled to release half year results. Toll Holdings Ltd -- which on Thursday announced a succession plan for long-serving chief executive officer, Paul Little -- holds its annual general meeting, as do Qantas Airways Ltd, Origin ...

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Increased board disclosure on issues such strategy can have the unintended consequence of confusing investors, some of Australia's leading company directors said. Speaking at the launch of research commissioned by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

AFS deal falls, two new prospects emerge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Dealer group Australian Financial Services' negotiations with a prospective purchaser have fallen apart - but there are two new interested parties, said the group's chief executive, Peter Daly. In what were already quiet negotiation process, the unnamed ...

ANZ posts $5bn profit

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
ANZ reported a 33 per cent increase in underlying profit of $5 billion, buoyed by the strong performance of its funds management and insurance businesses. Additionally, the full year results ending 30 September 2010 show a 53 per cent rise in statutory ...