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Perpetual equities deputy head to step down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Perpetual deputy head of equities and co-manager of the Industrial Share Fund, Charlie Lanchester, has decided to leave the institutional funds management industry after 14 years with the company. Paul Skamvougeras has been appointed deputy head of ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
It's a wonderful set of numbers. Well...errr, it depends.A It depends whether you're an Abbott supporter or anti-Rudd crusader.A Whoops!A That means the same thing. Nah! That's not a Freudian slip.A I'm still deciding whether to go with the Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's jump after strong US car sales pointed to strength in the manufacturing sector. At 0806 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,172. ...

Wickham Securities chairman banned for two years

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The chairman of the collapsed lender Wickham Securities has been banned from financial services for two years and seven months. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned Bradley Thomas Sherwin after he declared himself bankrupt. ...

Trust gives Perpetual a chance to match IOOF offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Trust Company board met last night and has asked for a deadline extension to allow Perpetual a chance to match the IOOF buyout offer. IOOF has accepted the request and has given The Trust Company more time to accept or refuse its offer, which now ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
"Dad, can you help me buy my own property?A I'm sick of paying ever-rising rent." My dear daughter asked me this during two Sunday dinners ago.A My first instinct was to say "of course" to my only girl among four children (yes four) - now you gentle ...

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
A booming financial services industry will account for an explosion in the number of millionaires over the next four years, according to a report by WealthInsight. By 2017, the research and data provider said there will be an estimated 402,000 millionaires ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

Citi surges but NAB still top dog custodian

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
Citigroup has seen a huge surge in assets under custody (AUC) in the first half of 2013, growing by more than 20% to $213.28 billion, according to half-yearly sector figures released by the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA). Citi now ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after disappointing consumer spending news helped pull US stocks lower in a quiet end to the market's worst month in more than a year. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract ...