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Adelaide Bank targets growth through wealth management

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
Retiring Adelaide Bank chief executive, Barry Fitzpatrick, said the bank will aim for greater revenue diversification by ramping up the wealth management side of the business. Fitzpatrick's report in the bank's annual report, released yesterday, reveals ...

ASIC bans building insurance broker

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former insurance broker Dennis Murvan Gentry, of Collingwood, Victoria from providing financial services for five years. ASIC found that Gentry engaged in dishonest and misleading ...

Aust Unity integrates and posts solid profit growth

Funds management, health and retirement group Australian Unity has posted a pre-tax profit of $28.2 million for the year ended June 2006, up 42 per cent from $19.8 million in the previous year. The results included the first full year contribution from ...

Banks to fund consumer IT security: Symantec

Banks may have to pay for the IT systems of their clients if they want to avert the trend where consumers are refusing to transact online due to rampant IT identity theft and sophisticated internet scams. David Sykes, vice-president of Symantec's Pacific ...

Advice scam nets accountant 8 years inside

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
An accountant who fleeced nearly $1 million from investors through his financial advice business has been jailed for eight years. Piet Walters was found guilty of 14 charges of dishonesty relating to $972,000 given to his Drury Management business in ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned financial adviser, Mark Leigh Clifton, a former authorised representative of Genesys Wealth Advisers, from providing financial services for 10 years. Clifton was a NSW-based authorised ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rose 12.5 per cent to a score of 101.2 following a 16.2 per cent fall after the last interest rate rise. The improvement in the index is being seen a s a consequence of the improvement in petrol ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 17 points to 5038 at 0734 AEST. Today, MBF Australia will release annual ...

Industry funds save 26 per cent in fees: study

A new study has found that industry funds deliver 26 per cent more in retirement savings than retail master trusts due to lower fees, refueling debate on how super funds deliver value-for-money to their members. Superannuation research firm SuperRatings ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
Data released yesterday on lending finance up until July showed that housing finance increased 1.3 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms from the level in June. The value of dwelling purchases for rent or re-sale fell by 10.5 per cent on a seasonally ...