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BEN announces solid results

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has announced an after tax statutory profit of $57.9 million for the six months ending December 31 2011, forecasting a difficult six months ahead due to market volatility and revenue challenges. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) ...

S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Adviser education on the indices underlying new fixed income exchange traded funds is needed to undo damage caused by misinformation on ETFs, according to S&P Indices. Recent changes to the Australian Securities Exchange Aqua listing rules to cover ...

HUB24 increases FUM by half a billion dollars

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... include more flexible model portfolio and direct equity trading capabilities, an enhanced user interface, direct fixed interest capability and Exchange Traded Options within Separately Managed Accounts.

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
Managed funds have been losing ground to low-cost options, said one asset manager, leaving the sector with the difficult task of convincing investors looking for absolute return, that funds are a good idea. Speaking at the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' ...

ANZ reaches $1.48bn in three months

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... central bank. "There is no question that adapting to this environment creates real challenges. Our recent decisions on interest rates for customers in Australia and on how many people we employ at ANZ reflects a need to transform our business in new ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... been shedding jobs too. I don't know about the banks (and the rationales they put forward for shedding staff and raising interest rates), but all of these local and locally-based companies hurt whenever optimism over world growth prevails because it ...

Perpetual announces institutional appointments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... alternative strategies. Rolleston joins from Goldman Sachs as general manager Institutional Business to focus on fixed interest credit and multi-asset solutions. Beesley meanwhile comes from Ankura Capital to work as a quantitative investment analyst ...

SMSFs focus on risk reduction: report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Investments today launched the second annual SMSF report which revealed a focus among trustees on risk reduction and increased interest in SMSFs among a younger demographic. The new report, 'Intimate with Self Managed Superannuation' was commissioned ...

CBA profits up 19%, wealth mgmt struggles

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... half was $3.576 billion, an increase of 7%, while the Group also recorded strong growth in retail and business average interest bearing deposits, up $31 billion or 10% to $350 billion. This growth resulted in customer deposits as a proportion of total ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... super fund members can see what securities and debt instruments their fund has bought and sold. "ASIC will take a keen interest in how disclosure will be made to members and potential members about the features of MySuper products including fees and ...