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Wealthy women frustrated with finance firms: book

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... want to review how they interact and work with women after research found they represent $12 trillion in consumer discretionary spending globally are disappointed with the way finance firms deal with them. A recently published book, Women Want More ...

Praemium signs on Succession

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... a new client who will be using the tech firm's dps Select service. Succession will use dps Select to provide the discretionary platform as part of the investment matrix it offers to its member firms. Succession Advisory Services Limited is a wealth management ...

Fundies and analysts target IT sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... eye of stock analysts and high conviction fund managers as technology-related goods and services move from being a discretionary spend to a "must have" for today's consumers and businesses. Elio D'Amato, chief executive at sharemarket information provider ...

Retirement platforms growing fastest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... noted that "The poor metrics of personal super and investment most likely reflects them being vulnerable to falls in discretionary contributions and being hardest hit due to their high exposure to listed assets. "In contrast, the relative strength of ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... bears claim that the gain could be attributed to the 3.6 per cent jump in gasoline prices during the month and that discretionary spending remains weak. US jobless claims. Bulls buy on news initial claims fell by 24,000 to a better than expected 601,000 ...

ATO targets loss schemes

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... cracking down on taxpayers who attempt to claim a capital loss arising from the artificial receipt of an interest in a discretionary trust as a default beneficiary. "In the current economic environment we're expecting to see an increase in tax losses," ...

Praemium scales back ops

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... more than two years ago, the group has developed two key products that suited the local market: SMARTfund and a Discretionary and Platform Service (DPS). To date, the group has sealed distribution deals with BNP Paribas Securities Services and Old Broad ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... placed in a trading halt pending a rights issue aimed at raising $644 million. It traded last at $1.49. Consumer discretionary and media stocks were higher, with Flight Centre and News Corporation beneficiaries of a turnaround in sentiment, Mr Hancock ...

OneAnswer FUM fall 20 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... expenses were well contained after the firm placed an external recruitment freeze, restructured teams and lowered discretionary expenditure. Please note: a previous version of this article said "flows" had dropped in the first and third paragraph. That ...

Another day another inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... views that low cost vanilla employer default superannuation will be siphoned off from higher cost but more flexible discretionary superannuation. Such moves would impact industry funds rapidly expanding into wealth management conglomerates with their ...