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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... stimulus program, with concerns it will soon start a wind-down. Tokyo closed flat, edging up 10.95 points to 14,064.82, with little reaction after the Bank of Japan upgraded its assessment of the world's third largest economy. Seoul finished up 0.96 ...

Independent providers fail at cross-selling banking products

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
AMP and industry funds are the major providers of superannuation for consumers and businesses, but they have had very little success at selling banking products to their customers. Only 1.6% of industry fund personal members deal with ME Bank and only ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... roughly where they are. It also looks like China has stopped slowing so resources and commodity prices actually look a little bit better going forward," Baker said. "Momentum is getting a little bit better in the more cyclical parts of our market. Resource ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... had to navigate in the second quarter.A Bet you've forgotten now, don't you? Have no fear, there's always Ben Bernanke (little balding Ben, that is) to remind you.A There was the China slowdown, eurozone crisis - courtesy of Cyprexit, Italian and Spanish ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... David Whiteley and FSC chief executive John Brogden, called the report a "flawed and narrow assessment" of super that "adds little to an informed public debate on how to make the system better." The two chief executives went on to say: "The report monumentally ...

Suncorp outsources custody to NAB

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... administration operations to National Australia Bank's custody arm, NAB Asset Servicing. Both Suncorp and NAB have said very little about the deal, and would not comment on suggestions that it may result in 26 redundancies in the Suncorp business. In ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... piquing hopes the US Federal Reserve would be forced to delay the tapering of its stimulus program. "Equity markets are a little bit like toddlers," he said "They want the stimulus money to stay because it pumps up the market." "That's why it's a bit ...

Mason Stevens opens top Magellan fund to managed accounts

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Bignill said. Mason Stevens delivered one of the first international equity portfolios in a managed account structure a little over 18 months ago, where prior to this only domestic equities were available. "Investors, particularity SMSFs, want greater ...

NAB tight-lipped on latest redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... lost their jobs. This followed last week's large scale redundancies in NAB's wealth management arm. NAB has offered very little insight into what may be going on, saying that redundancies are part of a re-jig of the senior management team and the structure ...

Performance fees boost K2 profits in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... possible. "Although equity markets are forecast to continue an upward trend we know from experience that the market has little tolerance for bad news and there will be some bumps along the way," said the fund manager. "K2 believes that we have the guidelines ...