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NAB wealth division reports flat earnings

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... results in these areas." The bank said that the wealth division results show "early signs of the new team and strategy gaining traction, with retention initiatives delivering improved insurance lapse performance over the year." It added that "closer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index adding 19.2 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 5,481.4, and the broader All Ordinaries index gaining 19.3 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 5,462.7. NEW YORK - US stocks retreated as a sell-off in Twitter revived worries about the ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... up in employment was broad-based. How good is that, ey? Equally good, private payrolls advanced by 273K in April after gaining 202K in the previous month. Wait! There's more. The unemployment rate dropped - big time - to 6.3% from 6.7% in March and the ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... between J.P. Morgan and NAB - has intensified, with players such as BNP Paribas, State Street, Northern Trust and Citi all gaining significant market share. BNP Paribas Security Services, Australia and New Zealand managing director Peter Baker said this ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... for this intervention. A return to consensus and industry agreement is exactly what the public and the industry needs." "Gaining industry consensus on the regulation of financial advice will ultimately boost consumer confidence both in the financial ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... economy, have a highly concentrated weighting to banks and miners," Lonsec said. "The Fund offers a simple and easy means of gaining a diversified exposure to the Australian share market via a single transaction. The Fund tracks the Market Vectors Australia ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... gained seven cents to $4.98. The big four banks were also higher, with Westpac up 13 cents at $33.67, Commonwealth Bank gaining 26 cents to $75.11 and National Australia Bank 23 cents higher at $34.43 while ANZ lifted 24 cents to $32.30. Telstra was ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... recovered again - big time - last night. And why wouldn't they? Global economies are still doing what they were doing (i.e. gaining momentum) before Crimea became headline... and they'll continue to do so... unless the sanctions against Russia gets painful. ...

BestEx enters joint venture with US trading firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... pioneer of the outsourced broking model, adding: "The outsourced trading model, while established in offshore markets, is gaining strong traction in Australia." He continued: "The majority of fund managers in Australia lack the technology and skills ...

Premium Wealth adds QLD boutique practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... opportunity to continue operating as boutique businesses, while at the same time streamlining back office systems and gaining economies of scale," Harding-Davis said. "Queensland has always favoured the boutique model, so we are pleased that our approach ...