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CBA profits up 19%, wealth mgmt struggles

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... ended Dec 31 2011 of $3.624 billion, a 19% increase on the previous corresponding period, in a strong result unaided by its wealth management arm which recorded a loss. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) cash net profit after tax for the half ...

Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Investments, has its own absolute returns investing fund and said it has the ability to stabilise portfolios and enhance investor wealth through arguably one of the most challenging times for financial markets. David Millar, UK-based investment director ...

ASIC to take hard line on deliberately misleading ads

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... products that can potentially expose investors to larges loss, and said ads shouldn't allude to the contrary. "Build personal wealth with low-risk trading strategies" or "Safely harness the leverage power of CFDs" were phrases singled out by ASIC as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... volume of 7,457 contracts. There were 13 stocks down for every 10 in positive territory at 1025 AEDT. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said Moody's decision to downgrade the debt ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal was behind ...

Synchron NextGen success firm expands to Sydney

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Synchron's Melbourne-based private wealth management firm, Wealth Enhancers is recruiting for their new Sydney-based boutique office to be headed by former UBS equity trader Wade Tink. Tink, a graduate of Synchron's NextGen program, left UBS to join ...

Super tax subsidies don't favour the rich: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Mercer has released a research paper that dismisses claims retirement income funding through superannuation tax concessions favours the wealthy. The paper 'Tax, Super & the Age pension" reported that the total cost of retirement funding per person in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has moved slightly higher as markets continue to react positively to the Greek parliament's passage of fresh austerity measures. The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a positive lead from Wall Street after Greek ...

OneVue adds retail super to platform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... superannuation offering to its unified managed account platform for advisers. The addition will enable a client's total wealth, including retail superannuation investments to be transitioned across to the platform and be reported as part of their total ...

Lloyd new Perpetual CEO, Ryan steps down

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... restructure of the organisation's retail distribution arm since joining Perpetual 18 months ago as group executive private wealth and retail distribution. In a statement to the ASX this morning Perpetual chairman, Peter Scott said Lloyd was recruited ...

Planners double allocation to term deposits

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Allocation to term deposits from financial planners more than doubled over 12 months to November 2011, according to wealth researcher Investment Trends. Planners invested 28% of client inflows in cash and term deposits in the 12 months to November 2011 ...