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Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The average Australian customer of each of the major banks deals with more than four institutions across their full range of financial services. This shows there is little loyalty towards any one institution, Roy Morgan has concluded. Of the ten major ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
The Australian share market is higher after a positive week of company results and strong offshore leads. Wall Street's Dow Jones finished 0.37 per cent higher overnight, after jobless claims increased but overall data continued to suggest an improving ...

Magellan profits jump 71%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... management (FUM) stood at $23.5 billion as at 30 June, an increase of 60% year on year. Total retail FUM was $6.7 billion at 30 June (up from $4.5 billion in 2013) and total net retail inflows for the year to 30 June 2014 were $2.1 billion. Total institutional ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Is that bad news on your pocket... or you're just happy to see me? Yes Virginia, equity markets are rejoicing as the roll of bad news continued overnight. US initial unemployment claims increased by more than expected to 311K in the week ended 9 August ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street and European markets higher after a slew of disappointing economic reports. At 0803 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,517. Data showed that US ...

CBA dismisses Murray's concerns over vertical integration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev dismissed concerns expressed by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report that Australia's big institutions control both the manufacturing and distribution of financial products. "We need to ...

IOOF appoints national technical manager

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Financial services company IOOF has appointed a new national manager, technical services. A long-term participant in the financial services industry Kate Anderson has joined IOOF from Super IQ, where she was the head of technical. In her role Anderson ...

Record profits for Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Standard Life Investments has reported a ten-fold increase in before tax operating profit to a record $190 million for the first half of 2014, up from $15.5 million for the same period last year. Third party inflows of $7.7 billion over the period marked ...

Blue Sky reveals asset allocation of first alternatives LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has allocated nearly 70% of the $60 million raised for its Alternatives Access Fund into a range of alternative assets including private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, a hedge fund and private real ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
"Here come bad news talking this and that, yeah, Well, give me all you got, and don't hold it back, yeah,...because I'm happy (Happy)." -- Pharrell Williams, 'Happy' A nice complement to Chumbawamba's "I get knocked down but..." when talking about the ...