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BNP Paribas IP appoints head of super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has appointed Angus Carson as head of superannuation and government institutions. Prior to joining, Carson held the role as an associate director of institutional sales at Ambassador Funds Management Services. He has ...

Write-down clouds Bendigo's 43% profit tumble

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... of goodwill in December 2011, after declines in its margin lending portfolio and in the value of its wealth division. The sale of subordinate notes, and a recent offloading of a 7.8% stake in wealth manager IOOF contributed an additional 42 basis points ...

Challenger attributes 20% profit growth to annuity/life

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Challenger Limited has announced a normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) of $297 million for FY12, up 20% on FY11 following record Life and retail annuity product sales. Challenger's Life division posted total product sales of $2.66 billion, with a ...

AMP updates FLP insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... Lifetime Protection insurance offering to remain competitive in an ever changing environment. John Ashton head of product on-sale for Retail Wealth Protection at AMP said changing work patterns, family structures and business practices, as well as ever ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher following gains on both the US and European markets at the end of last week. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was uo five points at 4,335. In economic news ...

Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Macquarie has renamed its financial planning software for independent advisers Visor, following last week's sale of the COIN business to Rubik. The sale saw the business divided into two software offerings. While Rubik Financial will service the institutional ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Don't bother reading today about what Wall Street did last night - it didn't. 'Twas another DD (dull day) folks. Nothing new -- just that what's now become a too familiar refrain of investors fearing slowing global growth counterbalanced by hope that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The Australian stock market opened stronger on Wednesday, with a strong earnings report from the Commonwealth Bank giving the market a boost in the early session of trading. At 1018 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16 points ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The suspense is killing, the wait... boring. Fresh data were released out of America and Europe while we slept, but the results more or less did nothing to alter what financial markets already know or speculate about. There was nothing that surprised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street pared early gains to close similarly flat. At 0752 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up two points at 4,258. In economic news on Wednesday ...