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Wealth division boosts ANZ profit

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
ANZ has posted a 10% rise in full year cash profit to $7.12 billion, with the bank's wealth division contributing significantly. The bank's overall net profit was up 15% to $7.3 billion. A final dividend of 95 cents per share, fully franked, is up 14% ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Institutional investors are getting little value from active management and must focus on total returns to remain competitive, according to Towers Watson global head of investment Chris Ford. Speaking at the 2014 Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne ...

RI Advice launches cashflow management tool

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... network of more than 170 advisers, as part of the group's commitment to quality financial advice using technological innovation. "Our aim is to help our advisers broaden their engagement model by providing the right tools to more effectively approach ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... that includes the NZ Financial Markets Authority; NZ Treasury; the Reserve Bank of NZ; and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) it was revealed that the weighted average Total Expense Ratios (TER) for all KiwiSaver funds is 0.92%. The ...

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Australian venture capital firm OneVentures has announced the first close of its Innovation and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... segments awards for best value-choice, deluxe-choice and premium-choice products. There will also be awards to acknowledge innovation in the superannuation sector as well as a service award for an individual who has made a mark on the superannuation ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... executive Deanne Stewart said of Tez's appointment: "The role signifies the importance MetLife is placing in driving innovation and customer-orientated protection solutions that truly change the way people experience life insurance." Paul Bennet also ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... in the key roles within the organisation." Narev's comments on Bitcoin were part of a wider focus on technological innovation, which he called a number one priority, and "a matter of life and death." He cited a recent example of CBA's technological innovation ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... less conducive to an ever complex and dynamic investment landscape." While Zenith remains impressed by the degree of innovation across this category, it also highlighted that there exist strategies that have relatively short performance track records ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Innovation and new technologies are having a profound impact on the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment ...