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NAB Wealth profits stable

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... increased earnings from direct asset management. FUM increased by 10.7% to $13.2 billion as a result of strong market performance and positive net flows. Insurance cash earnings were $45 million lower than the March 2012 half year due to a deteriorating ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013

Retail business bumps up AMP in Q1

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
Strong performance by its retail business on AMP platforms has contributed to a $387 million bounce back for AMP Financial Services (AFS) in the first quarter this year. AMP Limited reported to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this morning that ...

Govt could handcuff SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... Too Much of a Good Thing - The Future of the Australian Wealth Management Industry. It added that poor investment performance by individual SMSFs, or in the worst case a total loss of funds through poor and undiversified investments, would see SMSF fund ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... points to a record low of 2.75% in the wake of rising unemployment, a high Australian dollar and concerns over the performance of the economy. "In the short-term the cut is positive for the bond market but it does raise concerns about investors' income ...

La Trobe Financial announces CIO and COO of the Year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... Parlevliet, who began his career at Commonwealth Bank as a teller, was commended for his fund's consistently good investment performance. The other major award of the evening, Chief Operating Officer of the Year, was taken by First State Super chief ...

SFG pursues mergers on WHK suspension

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... statement to the ASX, WHK acknowledge that its financial position led to the suspension of the merger talks. "Whilst WHK's performance has been adversely affected by the challenging trading conditions in its business advisory practice, initiatives have ...

Certitude to distribute Columbia Credit fund in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... managed credit securities issued by mostly investment grade global corporates. "We seek to deliver repeatable strong performance, with the underlying strategy delivering consistent results since inception," he said. Mowll added: "Columbia has a great ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed performance on Wall Street where the S&P500 reached an all-time high. At 0828 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,166. In economic news on ...

Aussie instos hungry for EM debt assets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... 2012 with most specialist funds comfortably posting double-digit returns. While Munro conceded that that level of performance is unlikely in 2013, low yields elsewhere highlight the asset class as an important relative value play. HSBC Global Asset Management ...