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Pengana merger pays off for WHSP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... portfolio now sits at $414 million and contributed $16.4 million to the company's overall $331 million regular profit - its highest ever and 17.4% up on last year. Group profit after tax came in at $266.8 million, down 20% year on year. In its preliminary ...

Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Melbourne's surrounding suburbs are home to Australia's highest spending retirees, Milliman analysis shows. Retirees living in the wealthy enclaves of Armadale, Prahran, Windsor, South Yarra East and Toorak or Stonnington West spend $56,711 per year ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... implications of climate change on their investment portfolios. Some provide no such information at all. First State Super is the highest ranking Australian fund, receiving a BBB-rating and ranking 13th in the world. It is also the highest ranking fund ...

ETFs now at $41.5 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... billion), Vanguard Australian shares index ETF ($2.9 billion). These Vanguard and iShares are also the most liquid with highest trading volumes, alongside Betashares Australian High Interest Cash ETF ($9.8 million). In August, the highest creations were ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... with an X-rating reserved for those funds showing no evidence of acting on climate change risks. First State Super is the highest ranking Australian fund, receiving a BBB-rating and ranking 13th in the world. It is also the highest ranking fund in the ...

Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... from the preliminary estimate of 0.5% to 0.7% in the June quarter, it also reported that capital expenditure provided the highest contribution to growth (0.5 percentage points) over the same period. Latest data on core machinery orders - a leading indicator ...

Australian Unity's wealth business grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... billion in revenues and $51.5 million in profit after income tax. Its wealth and capital markets business recorded the highest growth in EBITDA across its business segments. Australian Unity's business is divided across three segments: independent and ...

Unlisted property returns surpass equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... property was the worst-performing asset class at 1.8% based on gross returns; residential investment property delivered the highest return at 8%.

Industry fund chair retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... the AvSuper family, but in doing so I have every confidence that its future is assured, and that it is operating to the highest standards and efficiency of any Fund in the country," he said. AvSuper chair Michelle Wade said: "George has been a consistent ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... month (that followed a 0.7% decline in June) and imports increased by 0.9% in July (after rising by 0.7% in June) to its highest level on record US$261.2 billion. The bilateral trade deficit with China increased 10% to a record US$ 36.8 billion in July ...