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BoQ first Aussie bank to post loss in 20 years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The losses, which were carried over from the first half of 2012 despite the bank returning to profit in the second, have been blamed on bad loans and plunging property prices in Queensland, as well as on a slowing economy. The last instance of an Australian ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded its rating of one State Street equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) and reaffirmed three others following its latest analysis. The State Street Global Investors (SSgA) S&P/ASX 200 Fund has been upgraded from 'recommended' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the financial sector leading the broader market higher. At 1032 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.3 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,445.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

MLC revamps insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
MLC has made a series of changes to its insurance offering in an effort to meet customer demand for further premium savings on income protection. The National Australia Bank owned wealth manager has introduced RiskFirst rapid to its MLC Insurance product ...

Financial Simplicity boosts managed accounts offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Financial Simplicity has upgraded its managed accounts offering to include a personalised multi-tax wrapper rebalancing to model portfolios for its wealth management clients. This new functionality has been added to enable wealth managers to calculate ...

Zurich launches life risk update

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... consequence of changes in diagnostic techniques and measures. Philip Kewin, GM Retail, Life and Investments said the Zurich Upgrade Guarantee will ensure that that the changes filter through to old clients as well as new. "Our Wealth Protection range ...

Brokerage domination chokes competition: Paritech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... greater effort to ensure administration is better integrated for self directed investors. "Commsec's website has had one upgrade in five years," Klink said. "Why should they spend money when they own the market and they're not losing clients to anybody? ...

Powerwrap's platform offers advisers full choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
Powerwrap Limited has upgraded its SMARTwrap platform as part of its overall business strategy to offer independent financial advisers full choice at what they regard as a reasonable price. The SMARTwrap Investment Account now offers access to over ...

ClearView positive about CCP takeover offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
The board of ClearView Wealth has entered into an implementation agreement with CCP BidCo after it made an increased takeover offer of five cents extra per share, following a rejection of its initial offer some three weeks ago. CCP BidCo, an entity ...

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AMP's North platform has posted a solid $639 million of net cash flows in the first half of 2012, with 91% of the net cash flows being in non-guaranteed products. AMP North has tripled its results since the first half of 2011 when net cash flows amounted ...