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CommBank wealth division enjoys strong March quarter

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... wealth management and insurance division grew by 4% in the three months to 31 March. In an update to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Australia's largest company said that funds under administration and funds under management in its wealth business ...

Arena to list childcare fund on the ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... is intending to raise $75 million of new equity in its childcare fund and is planning to list it on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The fund, which has been renamed Arena REIT, was established in 2003 as an unlisted fund and with the purpose ...

EQT ups offer for Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... offer was rejected in favour of a counter offer by Perpetual Limited (Perpetual). In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange this morning EQT said that it would increase its offer by 12%, pending accessing the due diligence necessary to quantify ...

London firm Stratton enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... their foreign debt and are borrowing to invest in their long term growth. "People expect global bond markets to price securities efficiently, but that is not the case," Stratton Street fixed income portfolio manager Andrew Seaman said. "We find there ...

The Trust Co recommends Perpetual merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... provide substantial benefits for clients and staff of the combined group," The Trust Company said on an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announcement. "The Trust Company represents a compelling growth opportunity and further progresses Perpetual's ...

Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... 21st century," Albanese said last month. The Omega Global Listed Infrastructure fund is tilted towards higher yielding securities and companies with strong balance sheets. "The stable yield and high total return from the Fund is a reflection of the strength ...

NAB Wealth profits stable

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... half-year to March 2013, down from $260 million on the same period last year. In an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) the bank said that earnings in the investments business grew strongly, reflecting growth in funds under management ...

Exchange-traded government bonds to trade on ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... wider investment universe to choose from with exchange-traded government bonds (AGBs) set to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). In a statement yesterday, the ASX announced that exchange-traded AGBs will be available from 21 may 2013 and ...

Confusion reigns over financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... financial services firms, there is still no agreed definition of what it is and how to measure it, reveals the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) in its Review of the National Financial Literacy Strategy. ASIC nonetheless uses its ...

Retail business bumps up AMP in Q1

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... bounce back for AMP Financial Services (AFS) in the first quarter this year. AMP Limited reported to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this morning that AFS had net cashflows of $95 million for the first quarter to 31 march 2013, a $387 million ...