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AMP profits up 5.4% despite insurance disappointment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... $393 million following strong performance from its wealth management and investment businesses. The disappointing performance of the financial services company's insurance business was the only black mark on an otherwise impressive result. Underlying ...

PM Capital boosted by beer and Las Vegas property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Beer companies performing at full strength and a bet on the Las Vegas housing recovery has contributed to the strong outperformance of PM Capital. The boutique fund manager's investment philosophy centres on buying good quality companies at good prices ...

BetaShares ETFs awarded Lonsec 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... awarded the 'Recommended' rating for the first time. The BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF has exposure to the performance of a diversified basket of commodities. Lonsec upgraded the rating of this fund in part due to its consistent low tracking error. ...

NAB confirms redundancies in wealth division

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... the announcement of the new strategy in March, NAB did confirm the departure of MLC head Steve Tucker. The poor performance of NAB's struggling UK businesses has seen the bank lag the blockbuster profits reported by its Big Four rivals CommBank, Westpac ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... Statistics releases housing finance data for June and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is also due out. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Financial ...

NTAA keen to establish referral relations with advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... advisers," he said. Osborne spoke only days after his organisation released communication that looked harshly at the performance of advisers and questioned if consumers should trust them. "The wording of that statement was provocative because we wanted ...

Suncorp Life profit to drop 75%

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... net profit after tax (NPAT) is expected to drop approximately 75% due to increasing discount rates and the poor performance of the life insurance division. The company made public a financial update of its preliminary results for financial year 2013 ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Investors must not unfairly mark down structurally sound Asia Pacific economies following the disappointing recent performance of the emerging markets region as a whole, according to Standard Life Investments investment director, global strategy Jason ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... June's retail trade figures, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank is scheduled to release the Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for July, while Dun and Bradstreet puts out its business expectations survey. Meanwhile, the TD Securities/Melbourne ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... June are expected, as is the RP Data Rismark Home Value Index for June. The Australian Industry Group releases its performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for July and the NAB releases its online retail sales index for June. In equities news, NAB chief ...