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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... lifting its full year profit by 38 per cent and re-affirming production targets for 2015. Overall, Mr Spooner said investor focus is going to be on individual company results rather than the macro market scene. Seven West Media gained four cents to $1.46 ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Mavis Robertson, one of the pioneers of the Australian superannuation sector, has died. Robertson's career spanned more than six decades in the union movement and then in superannuation as fund secretary of BUS (Building Unions Superannuation) and AUST ...

MLC promotes retail platform GM from within

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
MLC has promoted Kathy Vincent to the role of general manager, retail wealth platforms. Vincent joined MLC in 2012 with more than 20 years of financial services experience. She has led the company's retail investment platforms strategy team since 2012 ...

Remove 10% rule for deductible contributions: SMSF Association

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... executive Andrea Slattery said: "We want to see a recommitment to the long-term goals of superannuation and in particular a focus on providing retirement income via the three-pillar system of the age pension, compulsory contributions and voluntary contributions." ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Challenger annuity sales were up 8% during the first half of the 2014-2015 financial year, but net profit after tax was down, the half year report showed. Annuity sales reached $2.1 billion, of which $1.6 billion were retail annuity sales, up 8% since ...

BNP Paribas pinches senior JPM custody exec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... delighted to join BNP Paribas Securities Services' successful team. I am impressed with their global capabilities, client focus and commitment to the Australia and New Zealand markets. "This strength was recently demonstrated when BNP Paribas Securities ...

Long-serving BT exec announces retirement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... will stay on part-time as a consultant for a further two years. As he transitions to retirement, Freeman will continue to focus on maintaining BT's client and industry relationships. He will also act as a BT ambassador at client conferences and industry ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... driving visibility, awareness and usage of the MSCI indexes within the fast growing ETF market in Australia, with a special focus on retail distribution networks and self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Based in Sydney, he will report to MSCI executive ...

Corporate super adviser body beefs up to face challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) has appointed its first salaried chief executive to lead the way for embattled corporate super financial advisers. Former CSSA president Douglas Latto will take up the position of chief executive officer ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Australian investors' strong focus on yield is distorting asset prices and increasing the risk of falling into a "yield trap," PM Capital head of distribution Rob Thompson said. The focus on yield is compromising the risk/reward proposition and introducing ...