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Deferred tax impacts IOOF profit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
A deferred tax liability had a material impact on wealth manager IOOF, knocking $63 million of its full-year statutory result. Retrospective changes to income tax laws forced IOOF to pay the deferred tax liability, resulting in its $19.4 million profit ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
It's still many, many sleeps before Christmas yet last night seems to be "the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Financial markets generally marked time while we slept, unstirred by fresh ...

Online speed nurtures consumer trust

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
The net benefit of financial services companies moving their business online will be speed, said Rohan Lund, chief executive of Yahoo!7. "If you look at the rate at which people are starting to use online banking, the reason we are seeing that propensity ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Environmental, social and governance research has a role to play as Europe's sovereign debt crisis blurs the lines between the definitions of developed and developing nations, according to a global responsible investment expert. A lot of the countries ...

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
REST Industry Super has delivered a positive 2011-12 return of 0.85% for its default Core option and 1.18% for same option in the pension division. The result having a 'plus' in front of it, stands in sharp contrast to the -7% delivered by the Australian ...

Northern Trust continues expansion

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Northern Trust has reaffirmed Australian expansion plans, with a new hires in its Melbourne office. Christopher Thomson has joined as a business development manager, in line with plans for 54% staff growth in 2012. Northern Trust said that Thomson's ...

Plan B board accepts IOOF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The board of Perth-based Plan B Holdings Limited has recommended a $49.1 million takeover offer made by IOOF. IOOF had proposed to acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares in Plan B, in an off-market takeover that would see it add $2.2bn in funds ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The bulls - already dwindling in numbers by the day - must now be starting to find religion as the only means of delivering them from eternal damnation - in the financial sense, of course. For this time, Virginia, the sky does really look like it's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 4,111. In economic news on Monday, the ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The collapse of Sydney-based mortgage lender and fund manager Provident Capital has left 3,500 retail investors at risk of losing more than $100 million. Phil Carter, Tony Sims and Marcus Ayres of PPB Advisory were this week appointed receivers of Provident ...