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ME Bank launches premium treasury service

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... receive unsolicited private banking offers, something which advisers are justifiably sensitive about, particularly as the major banks look to more aggressively market their wealth management services." Donohue added that rates would be 'competitive' ...

Fewer asset consultants dominate super fund space

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... providing internal competition to the asset consultant's view. The figures also show that the market share of each of the major asset consultant firms is changing rapidly. In 2008 the five largest consultants had 75% market share with the Jana and Frontier ...

ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Multi-millionaire global commodities trader Graham Tuckwell and his wife Louise have donated $50 million to fund scholarships for undergraduates at the Australian National University. Under plans laid out in the largest donation ever made to Australian ...

Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... wholesale funding costs - significantly below the rates they're willing to pay for term deposits - total funds raised by major Australian banks in the wholesale markets just nudged $15 billion this year. Thomson Reuters numbers reveal that major Australian ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... US fiscal cliff, China hard landing, Gilllard early - really, really early - announcement of 14 September elections. But major central banks around the world had been busy bodies expanding their money supply since the global financial crisis. Why do ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... profit of about $1.26 billion was down from $1.6 billion. Its shares added 45 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $28.56. The other major banks also rose. ANZ gained 22 cents to $27.25; Commonwealth Bank lifted 17 cents to $64.80; and Westpac rose two cents to ...

ASIC cancels national planning firm's license

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
National financial planning business AAA Financial Intelligence has had its license revoked by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after it had 'comprehensively and repeatedly' failed to comply with the Corporations Act 2001 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... points, and the broader All Ordinaries index was up 37.9 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 4,940.5 points. A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks were back in retreat mode on Wednesday, as markets resist a push higher to their all-time ...

Four new SMSFs every hour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... mobile, aspirational and financially savvy wealth creators embracing SMSFs - and by association direct investment - are a major strategic threat to the wealth management industry which in years past would have relied on them to fuel future profitabil ...

KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... superannuation contributions deposited. The panel currently has 30 funds available, most of which are retail offerings operated by major NZ banking and insurance groups. Funds having to pass regulatory thresholds to be eligible to act as a KiwiSaver ...