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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was trading higher at noon, buoyed by a better oil price overnight and a modest lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.8 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5698.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Perpetual to review cost base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
Perpetual is reviewing its cost base, particularly its employee costs, after the firm posted a drop in funds across its advice and investment arms. Overall, Perpetual posted an operating profit after tax of between $130-140 million at the end of April. ...

ING IM funds high on cash

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... cash. "In small caps, even in mining services, it's very stock specific. You need to have a good handle on their business plan and how they're integrated into those larger companies," he said.

ABN Amro Asset Mgmt to join Fortis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
ABN AMRO Asset Management (Australia) has severed ties with ABN AMRO Group and will merge with global fund manager Fortis Investments. The new group will boast 40 investment centres, 600 investment professionals and 2,300 staff in more than 30 countries ...

Mercer Wealth on adviser recruitment spree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Huge volumes of financial advice-related phone calls, numbering more than 1,500 a day, spurred Mercer Wealth Solutions (Mercer) to expand its planning network to include self-employed financial advisers. David Anderson, Mercer outsourcing business leader ...

BT and Asgard to lead platform market

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Nearly one third of all Australian financial planners will call the combined BT/Asgard their primary platform should the Westpac and St.George merger come to fruition. Westpac and St.George yesterday signed a merger implementation agreement - taking ...

MLC adopts straight through processing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
Faster online applications? Tick. Easy navigation? Tick. Straight through processing (STP) features? Tick. MLC has unveiled a new website that it believes checks all the boxes for adviser functionality. One key element of the new website is its STP ...

BT Wrap to offer short form insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group joins a growing list of wealth management providers offering simpler and faster insurance when it developed an online short form application as part of its personal insurance service available on its wrap platform. In September last ...

EQT and Trust end merger talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
Equity Trustees has ended preliminary merger discussions with Trust Company after the firms could not agree to terms that are attractive enough for shareholders. Equity Trustees chair, Tony Killen, announced on Friday both firms were unable to reach ...

HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
HSBC has appointed Graham Heunis as head of personal financial services in Australia. Heunis will be responsible for HSBC's retail bank as well as its consumer finance and cards operations in Australia. He was previously responsible for HSBC's retail ...