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Qualitas expands with senior appointment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Real estate investment management firm Qualitas is expanding its capability in direct real estate investment with the appointment of an executive director in the principal investments team. Joining Qualitas is James Kaufman. In his new role, Kaufman ...

Australia missing golden export opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The current withholding tax regime is severely stifling management of offshore funds, and by extension, the Australian economy. New research from UBS Asset Management and the Financial Services Council shows that over the past 30 years, the amount of ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...

Bad credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
Good one month, not so good the next. This is the story of private sector credit in Australia - the month-on-month growth rates, at least. Total private sector credit went up by a lower than expected 0.2% in the month of January - the slowest pace since ...

Bravura continues to grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
Bravura Solutions recorded a 10% increase in wealth management revenue in the half-year to December 31 2016. The software provider's Sonata solution now accounts for 72.6% of total wealth management revenue, resulting in a 19.5% increase year on year ...

Pricing error shaves $2.2m off Australian Ethical profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
The cost of remediating a unit pricing error drove Australian Ethical Investments' 1H17 profits down 62% to $0.5 million. The consolidated net profit, which includes the results of the Australian Ethical Foundation, was also impacted by employment restructure ...

NAB hires former NSW premier

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
National Australia Bank appointed former New South Wales premier Mike Baird as its chief customer officer, corporate and institutional banking. Baird started his career in banking with NAB in 1989 and worked for Deutsche Bank and HSBC prior to entering ...

Property manager creates unlisted fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
A subsidiary of an Australian property fund manager recently launched its new unlisted property fund. This week Centuria Property Funds launched the Centuria Diversified Property Fund. It is a multi-asset, open-ended unlisted property fund with an objective ...

Omega unveils equity income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
Melbourne investment manager Omega Global Investors appointed John Moore as portfolio manager of its new Omega Australian Equity Income Fund. Moore aims to target after-tax returns designed for specific outcomes, which include low volatility, low drawdown ...

Diversa fuels OneVue fund services boost

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
OneVue's acquisitions of Diversa and OneVue Super Services played a key role in boosting revenue in the group's fund services business by 86% to $8.5 million in the six months to 31 December 2016. OneVue said this represents a $3.9m increase in revenues ...