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NAB merges three wealth units

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
National Australia Bank is combining MLC, nab private wealth and nabInvest under one roof, appointing MLC chief executive Steve Tucker as the new head. In a strategy update to investors today, the bank has announced a restructure of its three previously ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is targeting illegal early access to retirement savings and stepping up its compliance activities to ensure self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees don't break the law. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association ...

Praemium teams up with BNP Paribas

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Aussie tech firm Praemium is poised to shake up the discretionary market in the UK when it teamed up with BNP Paribas to create a discretionary and platform service there. ASX listed Praemium partnered with BNP Paribas to target advisers and wealth ...

IUS revamps super insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
"Out with the old, in with the new" is the mantra at IUS this year as the insurance firm rejigs its offerings based on lifestyle adjustments and looks at innovative ways to provide TPD and life cover. Phil Collins, general manager at IUS Life, shot ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower with US and European markets falling heavily on more negative economic news and uncertainty over aggressive interest rate cuts in Britain. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI ...

AMP holds LPT strategy, wins mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
Global property securities fund manager, AMP Capital Redding Investors isn't changing its listed property strategies and continues to win mandates while the listed property sector continues to under-perform. Kim Redding, AMP Capital Redding Investors ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The record $A157 billion loss reported by AIG in the US and the resultant fourth rescue package from the US Treasury has resulted in the subsidiaries being quarantined into a special purpose vehicle, possibly in preparation for sale through an IPO. ...

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Westpac has launched an Australian shares separately managed account (SMA) that invests in the blue chip stocks to entice generation X into the market. The BlueChip20 SMA allows investors to build a portfolio in Australia's top 20 firms for a $2,500 ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
First it was HESTA and VicSuper - now the $21 billion UniSuper has taken up the environmental, social and governance crusade when it recently joined ESG Research Australia. UniSuper is the latest participant of ESG Research Australia, a new program ...

SMAs under ratings microscope: van Eyk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Ratings and research group van Eyk is looking at developing a ratings methodology that will allow advisers to compare the range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) in the market, a small step that goes a long way in legitimising the inclusion of SMAs ...