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When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... domestically (there goes QAN's still profitable domestic division). And its international business would continue to suffer by its plan capacity reduction. But let's not stop at QAN. The "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia ...

GPS Wealth launches a new MDA

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Independently-owned dealer group GPS Wealth (GPS) has introduced a Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) which it said would cut investment fees in half. GPS also said it would transition away from wrap platforms and master trusts. According to GPS Wealth ...

TRU acquisition boosts Perpetual growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Perpetual underlying profit after tax (UPAT) grew 37% on the first half of financial year 2014, compared to the previous period, reflecting the acquisition of The Trust Company. Perpetual UPAT reached $48.1 million, while its statutory net profit after ...

First Financial joins BT Select

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Melbourne-based advice group and former financial services division of Crowe Horwath First Financial has joined BT Select. First Financial was established in 2013 following a 50% joint venture with Crowe Horwath. First Financial has $1.1 billion in ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Henderson has reported a record net profit of A£125.1 million ($233 million) for the year to 31 December. The strong result was driven by a 9.5% rise in revenue to a record A£578.2 million ($1.1 billion), resulting from strong investment performance ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... rationale... but that's if you're just looking at the next trading day, week, month or even year. Methinks China has a longer-term plan than what its latest move suggests. And that plan is to give the greenback a run for its money -- or in simple terms ...

FoFA changes could start before May: Sinodinos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos told the Senate Standing Committee on Economics today that Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) proposed amendments could come into effect "earlier than May." The senator was asked during the Australian Securities and ...

AMP migrates platforms into North Online

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
AMP has migrated its Summit, Generations and iAccess platforms onto the North Online technology after the three wraps reported losses in the company's full year results this week. The migration represents the transfer of 131,000 customers and more than ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Ex-Wallaby captain and chief executive ofA Centric Wealth Phil Kearns tells JamesA Fernyhough that there are more similarities between rugby and financial advice than first meet the eye. For a future Wallabies captain, Phil Kearns' rugby career did ...

ClearView reports $9.1 million profit

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
ClearView Wealth Limited has reported net profit after tax (NPAT) of $3.6 million, and underlying NPAT of $9.1 million. The latter figure represents a 7% rise from the same period last year. The financial advice and life insurance provider saw a growth ...