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Aon appoints advice general manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
Aon Advice has appointed Jayson Walker as general manager of advice for Aon Wealth Management Limited and Aon Financial Planning & Protection Limited. He takes on this newly created role after acting as a regional manager of Aon's adviser network during ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... the September share price index contract was 35 points higher at 4430 on volume of 12,338 contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said the positive lead from the US was continuing to buoy the market. "Today, we are continuing to follow ...

Ex-Macquarie sales head jumps to HSBC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
HSBC Bank has appointed former Macquarie Funds Group head of retail sales Geoffrey Pidgeon as head of wholesale wealth management within its global investments business in Australia. As head of wholesale wealth management, Pidgeon will be responsible ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... homeowners would start feeling wealthier. "I feel lucky punk!" Ultra low interest rates, government hand outs, regenerating wealth - through rising equities and emerging signs of home improvement (see above) - and voila!...the sector that makes up 70 ...

Suncorp FUM down, life risk profits up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... per cent to $6.4 billion and funds under advice dropped almost 18 per cent to $11.9 billion. Suncorp renamed the group's wealth management business to Suncorp Life in June this year. Suncorp Life posted an underlying profit of $122 million, down over ...

Suncorp and CMC sign share trading deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... customers and existing customers who move to the new platform," he said. "Many of our customers are at the stage of their wealth accumulation cycle where they are looking for alternative opportunities to invest; they want to leverage off their mortgage ...

Wait no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... prevails. Remember too that the stock market is generally a good predictor of the economy. Rising share prices, raises wealth, lifts consumption and investment -- strengthens, economic activity. Sounds strange now that the bears are still waiting for ...

Netwealth appoints Fin Simplicity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... demand for managed accounts would continue to rise as investors become more sophisticated. This announcement follows private wealth advisory, Vivid Financial implementing Financial Simplicity's Enterprise Edition product last month. Jon Reilly, trading ...

AMP FP to move to fee-for-service by June 2010

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... Services' operating earnings fell by eight per cent to over $300 million compared to the first half of 2008. Contemporary wealth management, which includes the financial planning superannuation, pensions and banking businesses, saw operating earnings ...

I feel your pain, literally

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... investing is easier said than done so rather than ignore them, planners can help their clients rebuild their financial wealth after the GFC by addressing their emotional wealth too, said a behavioural finance expert. Dr. Frank Ashe, a finance academic ...