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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... cent after its quarterly revenues fell below expectations and it said it was investigating possible corruption in its operations in India, China and Brazil. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 28.49 points (0.23 per cent) at 112,542.46. ...

MLC appoints new GM for retail business

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
MLC has appointed Elio Garino as general manager for its retail insurance operations. In his new role Garino is responsible for driving service and operations across the new business and underwriting, in-force administration and insurance capability ...

BNP Paribas teams up with Carnegie

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... stock-picking. Under the new alliance, BNP Paribas will provide local client relationship management, client services and operations support, while Carnegie provides the underlying investment management expertise. Commenting on the alliance and the increased ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... that the amount would be "substantial." Right now, many Australian financial services companies are using European operations as a proxy for business in Asia, he said. Two of the first phases of the Investment Management Regime (IMR), the key reform ...

NAB profits slump but wealth division prospers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... The bank's cash earnings, a measure watched closely by analysts, fell 0.5%. NAB blamed the fall in profits on its UK operations, which have undergone a restructure following poor results. Charges to provide for bad and doubtful debts increased 14.5% ...

Infocus CEO steps down

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... tenure with firm. "He has focused on the group strategy, recruiting a new leadership team and realigning day-to-day operations of the business to set the direction of Infocus moving forward." Since commencing as a small start-up in 2001, Infocus Wealth ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... pharmaceuticals, still have a lot of potential to be squeezed. Smaller companies are also being encouraged to bring their operations into China. Not far from the Yangtze River and an hour's drive from Shanghai, the Taicang Economic Development Area provides ...

ANZ posts record profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... end-of-year profit has risen to $5.7 billion, up 6% on last year, but slightly lower than analyst expectations. International operations have boosted the performance of the bank dramatically with 21% of revenue now derived from outside of Australia and ...

AustEthical ready for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... noted Lonsec in a recent sector review that profiled Australian Ethical Investment. The subsequent streamlining of operations has enabled the manager to lower fees from 1.35% to 0.95% in one of its flagship products, the Small Companies fund, as well ...

Searching for conviction: Premium China study tour

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... trips they have left with a lot of confidence," said Jonathan Wu, associate director and head of distributions and operations, PCFM. China is experiencing is a rise in internal consumption levels that are contributing to its economy, in part fueled by ...