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RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
What a difference a week makes. Looks like it's gonna happen in May with a slight chance of April was what I typed on this space seven days ago. Yes Virginia, 'twas about the when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would next cut the official cash ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial services is now Australia's largest industry, accounting for 9% of gross domestic product, a new report has found. The report, which was commissioned by the Financial Services Council and UBS Global Asset Management, also found that "booming ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Challenger's $530 million capital raising program is likely to tighten the company's already firm grip on the lucrative annuities market. The figure will be raised from a combination of a $250 million institutional share placement and a $30 million ...

Challenger to raise $530m to fund further annuities growth

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Challenger is looking to raise a total of $530 million to inject further growth in its booming annuities business. The figure will be raised from a combination of a $250 million institutional share placement, a $30 million retail share placement and ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The big four banks need to see top line revenue growth after a year that saw income-hungry self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and other investors invest heavily in the banks, according StocksInValue head of equities insights and publishing David ...

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
A booming financial services industry will account for an explosion in the number of millionaires over the next four years, according to a report by WealthInsight. By 2017, the research and data provider said there will be an estimated 402,000 millionaires ...

Moore Stephens appoints GM of wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Moore Stephens Queensland has appointed a general manager for the firm's expanding wealth management division. Managing director Ken Pickard confirmed that Bob Blurton will be the general manager of Moore Stephens Wealth, which manages over $800 million ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
"...And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, care you not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

International investment division behind BTIM success

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has reported a strong half-year result, more than doubling statutory net profit after tax and increasing cash net profit by 73%. The board also declared a fully franked interim dividend of 8 cents per share, a 45% increase ...