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APRA probe key in NAB case: Lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... mortgages and other loans, which are sold as securities to investors. Hamer said in the email that APRA employee Graham Johnson had made it clear that he thought that the bank had failed in its basic credit analysis and had been almost totally reliant ...

Wealthtrac revises structure for independent market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... fee-for-service environment, including lowering the administration fee cap. Wealthtrac managing director and chief executive Matthew Johnson said the move is in response to the pressure being felt by both advisers and clients as a consequence of the ...

Passing of IMR bill to attract foreign investors: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... the first two elements of the Investment Manager Regime, which the government said was a signature recommendation of the Johnson Report - commissioned to look at ways to open Australia's financial services sector to global investment. "Consultation with ...

Add duration: UBS

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... underperformed their global peers, but now is a good time to start adding them to investment portfolios, said Matthew Johnson, interest rate strategist, UBS. The reality is that currently, we are still trading European sentiment. One of the big stories ...

MDS Financial CEO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... D2MX Pty Ltd, as well as the parts of liquidated Minc Financial Services, incorporating them into MDS Financial. Wayne Johnson, MDS Financial Group deputy chairman, said that while Isbister had resigned, he would continue his association with the group ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Worldwide Investments equities portfolio manager who specialises in US equities. "The big multinationals like Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson and McDonalds now generate large portions of their revenue from emerging markets, and "most of these companies ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... that overseas investors will only invest through Australia once legislation has passed Parliament," said Cormann. "The Johnson Report highlighted that the sooner we act the sooner we would empower our financial services sector to access the growing markets ...

Asset allocation more important than clever products

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... their clients' needs. "We all know that there is not going to be any short-term fix for today's markets," said Matthew Johnson, managing director of Wealthtrac adding that he thinks these results show a maturing approach from advisers. "They are not ...

UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... misselling crises and chronic underperformance that have savaged the wealth sector's reputation. Author of the report, Michael Johnson, formerly Secretary to the Conservative Party's Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, is a former investment banker. ...

Wealthtrac re-signs Oasis

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... become beneficiaries of the Trust that owns Wealthtrac," said Wealthtrac managing director and chief executive Matthew Johnson. The agreement makes use of Oasis technology to provide service to Wealthtrac advisers. "The products on the Wealthtrac investment ...