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MyState sees small growth in profits

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... down from 65.7% in the prior year. "We are pleased to report an increase in our full year earnings in an environment where top line revenue growth is challenging," MyState managing director Melos Sulicich said. "Overall, it was a tale of two halves. ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... "Australia's Jobless Rate Should Worry the Fed" where Bill wrote that: "Folks in "The Lucky Country' have long been blessed with top-notch monetary policy makers. There has been no recession on the watch of Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens ...

SPAA launches pilot program for "complex" issues

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has developed a new online technical mentoring pilot program for its specialist members with focus on complex and difficult scenarios. The new educational program is available to members holding ...

Greens slam CBA executives pay rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
Top Commonwealth Bank (CBA) executives should have frozen their salaries or even taken a pay cut while the compensation process for thousands of victims of poor financial advice remains ongoing, Greens Senator Peter Wish-Wilson said. "It is not a good ...

Legg Mason wins $125m Mercer mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... outperform the Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 5% per annum and invests in approximately 45 companies outside the ASX top 100. Over 10 years to June 2014, the strategy has exceeded its benchmark by over 7% per annum, before fees.

QV Equities raises $180m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... clients in the last few weeks, reinforcing the diversification advantages of investing in Australian companies outside the ASX top 20," IML's head of retail Wayne McGauley said. "We are very pleased with the response and to have raised such a significant ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... incursion and Kiev's foreign minister said he would meet his Russian counterpart in Berlin on Sunday for talks alongside the top diplomats from France and Germany. At the market close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 50.54 points (0.30 per cent) ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Russian town of Donetsk - about 200km away from Donetsk, Ukraine". "For some observers, the large convoy moving with obvious top-level coordination and accompanied by numerous vehicles with official Russian military plates brought back memories of the ...

Ascalon acquires stake in Morphic AM

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF), invests in global equities, using a combination of individual stock research and economic 'top-down' analysis.

PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... buyout fits with the current trend of consolidation among mid-tier wealth management firms, but also because Premium Wealth's top man is Steve's brother, Paul Harding-Davis. Steve laughs at what he calls "a happy coincidence" and hints that the two brothers ...