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ANZ plots wealth division growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... points. Wealth assets under management in the Asian region climbed 11 per cent in the half year to US$5.8 billion. The New Zealand retail and wealth business reported growth in net profit after tax of 31 per cent. ANZ Banking Group said that the strength ...

State Street increases super potential

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... doubling non-US revenue over the next five years," said Ian Martin, head of State Street's Global Markets, Australia and New Zealand. In January, State Street saw off competition from JP Morgan and agreed a deal to provide all custody, fund accounting ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... investors. This month, UBS also lost key banker Jeff Emmanuel who left to become vice chairman at CITI's Australian and New Zealand operations. Emmanuel had been UBS Investment Bank's Hong-Kong-based managing director for Asia-Pacific FIG.

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... build out our wealth management advisory capabilities," said Graeme Mather, business leader, Mercer, Australia and New Zealand, which holds an estimated 14 per cent of the consulting market. Taking their infrastructure and property management expertise ...

Offshore fund managers tap Northern Trust

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... capital growth is very attractive to them," said Jeremy Hester, head of sales and business development, Australia and New Zealand, Northern Trust. "We are seeing a lot of interest from our existing global fund managers clients, looking to come into Australia ...

Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... found, with financial advisers caught between client commitments and secretive funds. Managed funds in Australia and New Zealand do not have to publish portfolio holdings, considered to be very a basic disclosure requirement by international standards ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... Australian corporate debt sector found airlines the most affected, with potential ratings implications for Qantas and Air New Zealand. A high oil price also hits the profit line. Jet fuel was 27 per cent of airline operating costs in 2007 when at an ...

Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... any direct losses from the Japan earthquake tragedy. Paul Gregory, head of communications for New Zealand Superannuation Fund, said its catastrophe bond exposures are not considered likely to be triggered by the earthquake, and the company would remain ...

Global shares, cat bonds review after Japan quake

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... have been slow to take them up. Australian and New Zealand entities involved in cat bonds include New Zealand Superannuation Fund which Evans said invested $300 million in the sector last year. He also said boutique fund manager Secquaero had partnered ...

VicSuper wins sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... practices according to the judges. The awards, from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (ACCA), are based on the level of on transparency in environmental, social and sustainability reporting and how well they ...