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NAB wealth division reports flat earnings

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... its Australian and UK operations. Chief executive Cameron Clyne said the troubled UK business was benefiting from improvements in the economy and added that better results in the housing sector and business confidence should help lift credit growth in ...

Macquarie profit up 49%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... to $450 million, while its annuity-style business lifted its profit 26% to $445 million. Macquarie expects further improvements from its businesses in 2014/15, but anticipates its profit will be roughly in line with this year's result, which was boosted ...

Compliance absorbs half of platforms' development budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... for better usability, reporting and support continued to drive intense competition, which resulted in a number of improvements in functionality. "The level of development is reflective of the high level of competition in the industry, Investment Trends ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... making of an algorithm represents a comparative advantage over human operators." "With incremental technological improvements, the comparative advantage of human labour in perception and manipulation tasks could eventually diminish," the research said. ...

NAB CEO Clyne to retire

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... revitalisation of the Personal Bank, grown our already strong position in business banking, and achieved material improvements in customer satisfaction and reputation. We have also worked methodically through our legacy issues while still making transformational ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... a way to create alpha. "I would not sell this as an alpha idea," she said. "But what I would say is, you can make improvements along ESG dimensions without necessarily sacrificing along traditional portfolio management dimensions. "If you [the investor] ...

FOS model outdated, in need of major change

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... disputes and some frustration for the parties." "Without substantive structural and process change, further incremental improvements are unlikely to be of the scale that stakeholders expect," the report stated. CRN added that only making incremental ...

AIA launches fitness program available via advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... believe the program will allow us to engage with customers in a compelling manner that empowers them to make real improvements in their health," AIA Australia chief executive Peter Crewe said. "As everyone in the industry is aware at the moment, we need ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... holiday season and there was positive activity in the housing sector. "So all in all, we continue to assume that any improvements in economic activity in the next year will be gradual rather than dramatic," Narev said.

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... charge for the full year, from the previous year's $1.2 billion. "ANZ's business strategy has also led to ongoing improvements in the quality of our lending book... together with the outlook for continued low interest rates and low levels of corporate ...