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Call for change follows Perpetual 57% profit fall

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... manufacturing capability, and appointed Wellington Management to manage the funds. Retail distribution was also revised, to focus more on key clients. Profit at Perpetual Private was down $5 million on last financial year, at $8.3 million, with Perpetual ...

BTFG launches adviser website with financial reforms focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
BT Financial Group has launched a website targeted at educating advisers on industry reforms. FRANK, an acronym for financial reform, advice, news and knowledge focuses on regulatory changes around Stronger Super and the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) ...

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AMP's North platform has posted a solid $639 million of net cash flows in the first half of 2012, with 91% of the net cash flows being in non-guaranteed products. AMP North has tripled its results since the first half of 2011 when net cash flows amounted ...

Zurich's restructure sees 11 depart

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... in the risk and investments business has seen 11 roles cut and five added as the financial services provider shifts its focus to the institutional and dealer group level. Chief executive of the Life and Investments business Colin Morgan announced earlier ...

MLC restructures Australian Share Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... provide more diverse insights and a broader stock selection. "Each of the three managers has strong stock-picking skills and a focus on investing in high quality companies. "However, none of them rigidly follows a particular investment style. This means ...

Nomura hires ex-RBS fixed income head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... week that Nomura's new leaders were considering cuts in overseas operations as part of a new strategy which is likely to focus more on Japanese-related business and profitable areas in fixed income, as opposed to low-margin equities trading.

Market down 5%: Resources look ugly

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
At reporting season's three quarter mark last week, defensive stocks surfaced with their best half year of growth since 2009, while cyclicals recorded their worst - despite industrials earnings rising 4%. With only a little more than a third of stocks ...

Cost reductions dampen IRESS result

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... division. Managing director Andrew Walsh warned that in the near term, downside risk is expected to come from an ongoing focus on cost reductions in segments of its financial market client base. With these conditions likely to persist for the remainder ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Mortgage Choice is set to expand into financial planning by opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation ...

Separate wealth from income strategy: Merton

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... individual member solution path once the enabling technology is available. A major impediment to date has been the peer focus from funds regarding who is at the top of the league tables, Cooper said, arguing that funds need a better measure of succes ...