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Ball rolling in Wilson HTM spin-off deal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Wilson HTM Securities will be sold to a combination of existing staff, Deutsche Bank and Craigs Investment Partners before the year is out. Under the proposed deal, Wilson HTM Investment Group (WIG) will transfer its shareholdings in the Securities ...

NAB denies failing advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... internal documents", the Fairfax article argued that 31 NAB planners had been terminated or suspended due to "conflicts of interest, inappropriate advice, inappropriate practices or repeated compliance breaches." Further, it noted that incidences of ...

UBS launches ethical ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
UBS Global Asset Management has launched six ETFs aimed at "ethical" investors. The new funds track the MSCI indices that exclude access to tobacco products as well as cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological weapons. ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
A shake-up of taxation within superannuation would undermine confidence in the country's retirement savings system, according to SMSF Association patron Sir Anthony Mason. Addressing delegates at the SMSF Association's National Conference in Melbourne ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... mixed US housing data, a lacklustre reading on inflation and indications the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down one point at 5,874. Minutes of the Fed's ...

Embrace client interests or wither on the vine, advisers told

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Financial advice professionals must embrace regulatory and legislative changes aimed at improving outcomes for consumers, irrespective of the impact these changes have on their businesses bottom lines. That's according to Quantum Financial Services ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... that bad, but one thing that we have seen from most of the banks that have reported so far is a concern about their net interest margins," Ms Roadley said "When you look at the weighting of those two large stocks in the banking sector being down, that's ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... life and funds management were $57.2 billion at December 2014, 17% higher than twelve months before. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) were of $206 million, up 7%. Challenger's funds management arm had total net flows of $6.8 billion, up from $1.1 ...

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Prior to registration as an Australian company with ASIC, Bitcoin Group published statements on social app WeChat seeking interest in buying Bitcoin Group shares should the company become listed on the ASX. According to ASIC's statement, these messages ...