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FICAP confirms Weave as new charity partner

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has appointed Weave and its Kool Kids Club as charity partner for 2014. FICAP and Weave's partnership will last three years and will help the charity develop its educational and prevention programs ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 8 and counting and... 9 days to go before the US debt hit the ceiling. Yes Virginia, those adult politicos in Washington are still at it...playing their game of chickens. Both sides are waiting for the other to blink. You know what happens ...

Centrepoint optimistic after completing AAP acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
After a tough year for independent dealer group Professional Investment Services (PIS), parent company Centrepoint is confident that the full acquisition of Associated Advisory Practices (AAP) will improve the group's performance. AAP and Associated ...

Court freezes LM Investment Management founder's assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
LM Investment Management founder Peter Drake has had his assets frozen and been forced to surrender his passport by the Supreme Court of Queensland following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). LM Investment ...

Platforms hit $445bn record

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
Resurgent equity markets during 2012-13 and the fall in the AUD helped drive platform funds under advice up 17% during the year to reach $445 billion, its highest ever level. Research just released by Rainmaker confirmed the 17% increase to be ahead ...

NAB Asset Servicing wins Prime Super contract

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
National Australia Bank's (NAB) Asset Servicing business has hung onto its contract to provide custodial services to Prime Super. The $ 1.6 billion industry fund for regional and rural Australia has been a client of NAB Asset Servicing since 2007 and ...

US market leads the post-Lehman recovery

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The US equity market has performed the strongest since the darkest days of the global financial crisis, according to data released by Russell Investments to mark the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher as investors welcome solid Chinese economic data, the possibility of a diplomatic solution to the Syria chemical weapons issue and renewed business confidence in the wake of the Australian federal election. ...

Former Opes Prime director acquitted of dishonesty charges

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Former Opes Prime Stockbroking A director Julian Smith has been acquitted of dishonesty charges. He faced two charges of dishonestly breaching his duties as director of companies in the Opes Prime Group Limited group and pleaded not guilty to the charges. ...

NAB hangs on to custody of UBS GAM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
NAB Asset Servicing, Australia's largest custodian, has held on to custody of $8 billion of UBS Global Asset Management's more than $37 billion funds under management (FUM). This hefty win will come as a relief to NAB in a market that is no longer the ...