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Customisable, original, scalable, networked: the next advice paradigm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... said the new product class is wiping out billions of dollars of reliable revenue streams for custodians and integrated wealth groups. Duran, Michelli and Doede said the ramifications of these price shocks will be vast, extreme and affect everyone in ...

AMP fin svcs results reflect overall growth...

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... volatile market, AMP half yearly results reflect good growth in adviser numbers, banking, risk insurance and sales of key wealth management products such as Flexible Super and North. Announced this morning, AMP has posted solid results with $2.2 billion ...

Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... continued, it was clear that some firms had begun to understand how to position it within their marketing strategy. The first US wealth management companies to begin using social media were banks, credit card issuers and self-directed brokerages. This ...

Investment cloud clears with Govt draft proposal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... a leading financial services centre," Shorten said. Uncertainty around regulations and industry reforms has shaken the wealth management industry's chief executives after a survey of 31 chief executives from wealth management companies by Financial Services ...

Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Superannuation is now the fourth pillar of Australia's social and economic life and the national disability insurance scheme will develop to become the fifth, said minister Bill Shorten at a major superannuation function at Parliament House in Canberra ...

Perpetual divests to focus on international equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... that is very fragmented and it is difficult to build scale. For us, our main businesses are investment management, private wealth and trustee services and this doesn't really fall into those categories," said Ryan. "It was a subscale operation that was ...

Advisers prep for 'back-to-basics' investing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... following recent market fluctuations, but advisers are firm that strong planning principles remain the same. Perpetual Private Wealth has predicted a return to 'back-to-basics' investing with a focus on timeless strategies that protect from additional ...

Future Fund posts higher returns, chairman warns of volatility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... David Murray has warned that the new global debt crisis could take 20 years to resolve. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund posted a 12.4% return for the year to June, 2011 excluding Telstra. It was an increase of 1.8% over its ex-Telstra ...

Wealth performs steadily as CBA profits soar

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's wealth management division reported after tax net profit of $642 million for the financial year ended June 30 2011, while the wider group netted a 12% cash profit boost. Wealth Management had net operating income of ...

SimCorp appoints new head of sales in Asia

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
Investment management software provider, SimCorp has appointed Nigel Ford to head the sales team in wealth and portfolio operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. Ford has lived and worked in the Asia region for over 20 years with prior experience in the ...