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WAM Capital profit triples

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
WAM Capital has more than tripled its after tax operating profit to $74.6 million for the half year to 31 December 2015, following strong outperformance of the market. After tax profit rose 224.9% from $23 million in the same period in 2014, while the ...

GBST already set for T+2

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
GBST has become the first provider of securities transaction software to confirm readiness for the impending T+2 settlement regime for the Australian equities market. The ASX is targeting 7 March 2016 as its date to complete the transition from T+3 ...

BetaShares Australian share fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
The BetaShares Managed Risk Australian Share Fund (ASX: AUST) has been awarded a "Recommended" rating by Lonsec. Launched in November, AUST provides investors with cost-effective exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian shares, along with the ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
The Governance Institute of Australia is proposing superannuation members at not-for-profit funds be given the right to vote for trustee directors as a solution to the governance debate. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steve Burrell ...

Aviva commences proceedings against Centrepoint

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Aviva Asia has commenced court proceedings against Centrepoint Alliance, the latter revealed in an ASX statement. According to Aviva's writ of summons and statement of claim, Centrepoint's former Singaporean subsidiary, Fifth Floor, breached a 2012 ...

Challenger reports early amid share price falls

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
Challenger expects to report first half normalised profit after tax of around $185 million when it releases its results on 16 February. The company said in an announcement to the ASX that the unaudited financial report is still being finalised, but ...

ASX partners with US tech firm for new trade platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
The ASX has partnered with US firm Digital Asset to develop new post-trade platforms. In a statement, the exchange operator said this was part of its wider plans to upgrade all of its main trading platforms using distributed ledger technology, with ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors has urged investors to ignore benchmark weights in favour of a truly active approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) says exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the largest beneficiaries of global market volatility as investors look to dodge high levels of uncertainty. SSGA Australia head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly said while dramatic ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... total income. This was followed by Platinum Asset Management (22.3%), the Future Fund Investment Company No.2 (19.5), and ASX (19.4). Also of note were Magellan Financial Group (18.3%) and Schroder Australia (17.5). Financial services firms were scattered ...