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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... announcement this morning of its agreement to purchase two local arms of UK bank HBOS, retail banker BankWest and wealth manager St Andrew's, for $2.1 billion. CBA last traded at $45.15. ANZ Banking Group dropped $1, or 5.51 per cent, to $17.15 and National ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... cents to $24.97 and ANZ added 35 cents to $17.00. Westpac takeover target St George improved by 64 cents to $31.07. Wealth manager and insurer AMP rose 18 cents to $7.33. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and is scheduled ...

AWM posts $65m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... advice (FUMA) of $34.5 billion and $25.9 billion in funds under supervision. The firm's wealth management business, Wealth Manager, restructured resulting in a drop in practice and financial planning numbers. Despite this, AWM's wealth management business ...

Plan B bears market pain

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Boutique wealth manager Plan B's full year results were not as stellar as the numbers in the half year although the company still managed to meet its earnings target and dish out higher-than-planned dividends for shareholders. Six months ago, Plan B ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... Investment Portfolio, however existing investors can access the fund with as little as $250. Meanwhile, national wealth manager, IOOF added its own version of the cash product onto its platform. Investors can choose between six and 12 month terms with ...

UBS taps into Dutch wealth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Global investment bank UBS and independent Dutch high net wealth manager, VermogensGroep are joining forces to create one of the largest wealth management firms in the Netherlands. VermogensGroep's core business includes investment management, monitoring ...

Oil prices force end to corporate profit boom

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
While wealth managers know all about what's driving energy prices and the science behind climate change, the missing question is what does it all mean for investors? Matthew Sherwood, senior manager for investment markets research at Perpetual, has ...

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... pleased with the latest development. "Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management has a strong reputation as a global wealth manager and is a significant player in the provision of customised financial planning and wealth management advice to Australian high ...

Praemium raises $8m working capital

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium Limited has received an $8 million cash injection to fund the firm's future working capital. The firm issued 20 million new ordinary shares at 40 cents per share to institutional and sophisticated investors ...