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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street rose on upbeat US consumer confidence. The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment ...

NAS grows assets under custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... did in the last half of 2013, when it lost 2.6% of its AUC. Citi's growth, meanwhile, fell considerably short of the 19.4% leap it enjoyed in the six months up to December 2013 - a leap which was helped by winning the business of industry fund HOSTPLUS. ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
How the public register of financial advisers will be funded remains unclear, with the government saying that the money will come via a $5 hike in the annual lodgement fee for Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees. A statement from Minister ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... way, but reasonably confidently, our capability in digital banking to be able to bring digital banking to markets which will leap versions of business models, ignore branches altogether and go straight to digital banking and mobile banking." Narev also ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the finalists of the adviser of the year, practice of the year and female excellence in advice awards. Finalists for the adviser of the year award are Affinity Private's Catherine Robson, Dartnall ...

HUB24 hits $1bn milestone amid rapid growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
HUB24 has confirmed that funds under administration (FUA) on its investment and superannuation platform have just exceeded the $1 billion milestone. The platform's FUA were up from $384 million on June 30, 2013, to $991 million on August 28, 2014, a ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
In January, former NAB executive Scott Hartley leapt across the chasm that separates the retail and industry sides of superannuation, becoming chief executive of Sunsuper. Six months in, he reflects on the differences- or lack thereof - of the two sides. ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Wealth platforms in the United Kingdom have leap-frogged Australian platforms because investor experience and utility is their differentiator, not the underlying technology itself. Darren Stevens, director of strategy at technology group Bravura Solutions ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of investor services Henry Capra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... like I was contributing to the end outcomes." He also says the stigma of being an auditor didn't agree with him. He made the leap into the business world in the late eighties, spending a year at women's fashion retailer Rodney Clark (not, he is keen ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set for a flat start to trade, after a mixed session on Wall Street. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up just one point at 5,460. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...