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Equity Trustees lifts profit 12%

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... rose 14% to $53.3 million while operating profit after tax rose 11% to $10.4 million. It will pay a final fully franked dividend of 48Ac a share, which is a 2% higher than last year's dividend of 92Ac. "The increase in operating result reflected organic ...

Perpetual launches Global Share Fund on profit rise

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... manager. The group posted a 34% rise in net after tax profit to $81.6 million and will pay a full year fully franked dividend of 175 cents per share, up 35%. Perpetual chief executive and managing direct Geoff Lloyd attributed the strong result to the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street ended a three day winning streak. At 0649 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,606. US stocks fell modestly, dragged down by rising ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... costs comprised acquisition and related restructuring costs of $1.8 million and expensed IPO costs of $0.6 million. No dividend has been declared. "The market is changing quickly and because of this fundamental shift in thinking we continue to see great ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... following positive leads from US and European markets which have negated the downward effect of local stocks paying out their dividend. Economic statistics continue to point to steady US economic growth helping the S&P 500 finish above 2,000 points for ...

Demand for alternatives sees Blue Sky profits rise

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... alternatives fund manager's revenue grew 69% from $14.2 million to $24.0 million. The company will pay a fully franked dividend of seven cents per share to shareholders. Assets under management (AUM) more than doubled over the period from approximately ...

EQT adds Dundas Global Equity to mFund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... minimum stock capitation of US$1 billion. The objective is to invest in stocks with high real book value growth and growing dividend income to generate greater compound returns with lower volatility. The fund aims to deliver rolling five-year returns ...

Centrepoint Alliance returns to growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... a loss of $7.8 million in 2013. Underlying profit before tax increased 43% to $8.3m. The company has also resumed its dividend, declaring a final dividend of 2.2 cents per share for the 2014 financial year. The company attributed the turnaround to an ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... that the business has generated (this year Challenger made $329 million after tax, of which only half goes to pay the dividend), Benari says the new capital raisings would provide the business with around three years of annuity growth. For the full story ...

Mortgage Choice booms, invests in planners

AAP AND ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... high, which is reflected in the group's strong home loan approval growth." Mortgage Choice declared a fully franked final dividend of eight cents a share, up from seven cents.