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Folkestone builds on strong foundations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Real estate investment manager Folkestone has more than doubled its profit in the 12 months to 30 June. Net profit after tax stood at $7 million, up 122.6% on the same period last year. Earnings per share of 1.1 cents were up 57.1% on FY14 and funds ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Andrew Robb's China free trade deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan ...

Senior Perpetual Investments manager to retire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
A senior Perpetual executive will retire at the end of the year, the investment manager has announced. Michael Gordon, group executive for Perpetual Investments, is stepping down after three years with the company and around 30 years in financial services. ...

Philanthropists donate $6.2m through Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... of the grants are Berry Street Victoria ($765,430), Big hART ($784,000), Justice Connect ($960,000), National Stroke Foundation ($1,000,000), Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia ($100,000), The Smith Family ($979,000), So They Can ($752,460) and ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two foundation QIC clients," according to QIC's statement. QGIF will focus on infrastructure assets in OECD countries, particularly ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Australian Bankers' Association (ABA). It is governed by The Banking and Finance Oath (BFO), formed to reinforce the ethical foundation of the banking and finance industry.

2015 Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... Super have just announced that this year's Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation ( NBCF ). The total cumulative fundraising since the event began in 1998 is now $27.4 million. This year's event attracted more ...

SMSF Association launches accreditation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... willing to know the basics of self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The SMSF Practitioner (SSP) program is a practical, foundation-based SMSF designation aimed at financial planners, accountants, lawyers, auditors or other service providers in the SMSF space. ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Funny that. Funny that on the same day that RBA Governor Glenn Stevens addressed the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney and told his audience that, "One of the features of much regular discussion of macroeconomic policy, and monetary policy in particular ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... local economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter consumer price index while ...