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BT dominates platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... to Westpac's profit results for the period. In the half year, BT Financial Group maintained its number one position in wealth administration platforms for both funds under administration balances and net flows. The firm also reported a 19 per cent growth ...

AMP upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... lodging insurance applications and personal statements, further streamlining the process," said Michael Paff, director of wealth protection products at AMP. The firm's trauma policy has been redesigned to provide more flexible benefit options and choice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... the banks following the lead from the S&P, we could have easily seen our market trade down to the 4,720 level," he said. Wealth managers AMP gained six cents or $6.32 and AXA Asia Pacific firmed two cents to $6.21. Westpac gained 16 cents to $27.36 ...

Ord Minnett raises $600 million

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... in assisting high net worth clients, including self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Gunning runs Ord Minnett Private Wealth, Portfolio Services, Funds Management and Corporate Finance businesses. Karl Morris now the executive chair.

Macq wealth mgmt post strong returns

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
Macquarie's funds management, banking and financial services arms reported strong numbers for 2009, powered by overseas acquisitions, higher revenues and a strong cash management business. Assets under management (AUM) for Macquarie Group at 31 March ...

ANZ wealth income doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
ANZ Bank's wealth income has more than doubled to $420 million as the ING Australia business slots into the bank. ANZ' underlying profit for the half year ending March this year found the Australian wealth division's total wealth income rose from $199 ...

MLC launches high income protection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... worth individuals (people with a least $1 million in assets, excluding their home) stands at nearly 130,000 with total wealth of $408 billion - equivalent to a third of the size of the superannuation industry - based on the latest Merrill Lynch/CapGemini ...

Trust advocates long-term staff incentives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... explaining they don't want to encourage staff to beat their short-term performance targets at the cost of long-term shareholder wealth. Atkin said the new programs give the company a solid platform to grow their businesses at a time when the wealth management ...

Commissions by another name

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... he said. He added, however, in a surprising statement that it is generally only small planning groups rather than large wealth managers that would be impacted by the Bowen reforms. "Commissions are generally used by small financial planning businesses ...

NAB/AXA merger not anti-competitive: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... needs'. On the contrary, the researcher did another sub-analysis, conducting 7,900 interviews, to find out which banks or wealth management firms are servicing this market. In this scenario, a combined NAB/AXA would still only have 8.6 per cent of the ...