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BTFG earnings up 16%

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Staying "close to advisers" to assist them cope with regulatory changes helped BT Financial Group (BTFG) to a solid full year result, according to the wealth manager. The company reported a 16% year-on-year increase in cash earnings to $895 million ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The share market has opened higher after a rise on US markets overnight and market heavyweight ANZ achieved strong profit growth. It was a buoyant start to trade due to encouraging economic data out of the US and good financial results from ANZ and ...

Market Vectors launches global quality focused ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Markets Vectors has launched a new global equity exchange-traded fund with a quality bias. Trading under the ASX code QUAL, the ETF is designed to track the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index. The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Macquarie has announced half-year net profits of $678 million for the six months ending September 2014. This represents a 35% increase on the corresponding half last year, but an 11% decrease on the six months up to March 2014. The bank also announced ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Perhaps they cheated and have had a little peep at the data, but last night's advance estimate of US third quarter real GDP growth confirmed the Fed's positive outlook on the economy and gave meat to its decision to end its quantitative easing programme. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rallied as data showed faster-than-estimated economic growth, fuelling speculation the economy is strong enough to withstand higher interest rates. At 0812 AEST on Friday, the December ...

BTIM posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has more than doubled its end of year cash net profit after tax on last year to post a record $127 million. For the 12 month to end of September, statutory NPAT was up 137% to $121.5 million and cash earnings per share ...

NAB wealth returns "below acceptable levels"

LAURA MILLAN & AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) net profit for the year to September 30 was down 1.1%, with chief executive Andrew Thorburn saying that NAB Wealth returns were "below acceptable levels." NAB's net profit was $5.295 billion, down 1.1% from $5.355 billion ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
QE is dead! Long live QE! Well that went well, didn't it Virginia? The death of QE3 caused little stir in the financial markets - the S&P 500 index lost a teenie-weenie 0.1%; yields on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a small 0.02 percentage point ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would end its asset-buying program. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,431. ...