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Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... Minister however referred to superannuation in nation building terms rather than as a way for individuals to accumulate wealth and reduce taxation, reinforcing government initiatives to target fees and operating structures now the subject of the Cooper ...

Neuberger Berman buys Lehman Bros

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... June 30, 2009, announced the agreement late last week. When the transactions closes, the spectrum of Neuberger Berman's wealth management services will once again include a wholly owned trust business. As part of Neuberger Berman, the Trust Company professionals ...

RBC Dexia wins HSBC mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... provide international investor services for its global investments business. HSBC Global Investments is the institutional wealth management arm of HSBC Bank Australia and distributes the international asset management capabilities of the HSBC Group to ...

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... spending? Of course consumers are still being tightwads. You would be too if you lose your job or your job is threatened, your wealth eroded and your home being foreclosed. But at the same time, companies also need to cut cost to restore profitability ...

AIA Aus hires Telecom CEO to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... the Bank of New Zealand and had also held a number of positions at National Mutual and TVNZ. "Theresa brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience which I believe will provide valuable additional expertise to our Australian business and complement ...

Avoid financial speculation: Pontiff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... good, if invested abroad rather than at home." The Pope may not have been directly endorsing many of the current debates in wealth management, but his comments strengthen how mainstream these issues have become and echo arguments about a need for a re-balancing ...

Macq Private Wealth seeks advisers and alliances

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Macquarie Private Wealth is on the hunt for more strategic alliances and looking to add to its adviser numbers. MPW, which currently has 426 advisers, full service stockbrokers and private bankers in Australia and New Zealand, most recently formed a ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... to make changes by cutting the industry speak and always communicating with our customers in everyday English." Suncorp Wealth Management has overhauled its communication strategy to help members better understand super, starting with a new communications ...

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute has launched a confidential trading platform that allows some of the biggest institutional investors to trade assets. Wholly owned by the institute, the Imbourse platform provides capital introduction between buyers ...

Planners prepare for retirement shock

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
For all the debate on adviser fees, the future of planners might actually hinge on their soft skills and how well they serve the most influential generation of our time - the baby boomers - predicts a planning expert. Paul McKeon, founder of a business ...