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Banks' super products set to be next industry battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
As super funds brace to differentiate their MySuper products from competitors, banks are hoping that advanced technology systems and a large pool of already existing clients will give them a head-start. "If customers already have other products with ...

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... show signs of fragmentation among small and mid-sized advice groups as not all financial advisers wish to be aligned with banks and insurers. This has resulted in the number of advice licensee groups increasing from about 650 in 2008 to 800 in 2013. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... its asset buying program. Mr Daghlian said the gains were widespread across the market on Monday morning with the big four banks and major miners higher. Among the banks, Westpac was up 20 cents to $33.38, ANZ was up 19 cents to $32.90 while NAB was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... looks destined for a little bit of pullback heading into the weekend," IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. Among the local banks, Westpac was down 90 cents, or 2.6 per cent, to $33.23 after it paid out its final dividend, which alone contributes to ...

GSAM launches flexible global bond fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... term we expect the Reserve Bank of Australia to reduce interest rates, globally we expect rates to start to rise as central banks gradually withdraw their accommodative policies," GSAM head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt said. "Owning ...

Market Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... official employment figures. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market had been weighed down by two of the big four banks, ANZ and National Australia Bank, going ex-dividend. ANZ shares were down $1.10 at $32.70, while NAB stocks were down ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013

ANZ praises ASIC "integrity" amid consumer complaints

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... of fraud." "The statutory limits on fraud are 20 years, so the FOS find multiple cases of bank fraud by insiders to the banks, but apply a 6 years limit," Wignall said. Wignall explained that she is paying a Commonwealth Bank Better Business Loan and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... 90 cents to $77.93 after it announced cash earnings of $2.1 billion for the September quarter. However, the other major banks were lower, with National Australia Bank down 20 cents at $35.60, ANZ 14 cents lower at $33.65 and Westpac dropping 23 cents ...

Life insurance faces worst conditions in decades

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... also been putting pressure on the life insurance industry returns for the last years. The EY document confirmed that major banks are starting to bring wealth management services in-house in order to minimise the costs linked to the latest regulatory ...