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ASX "debutantes" beating market dips

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Despite ongoing volatility in domestic equities, initial public offerings retain strong growth momentum and continue to outperform the ASX 200 index. Deloitte's 2016 IPO report shows that $17.6 billion in new equity came into the Australian market in ...

AIA profit boosted by Asian insurance demand

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
AIA has released its global interim 2016 results, showing an operating after-tax profit boost of 16% to US$3.2 billion ($4.4 billion). This reflects a 26% growth in the value of new business to US$2.2 billion and a 14% growth in annualised new premiums ...

OneVue partners with Sentry Group for adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
OneVue has announced it is partnering with Sentry Group to deliver a new platform for Sentry's advice network. The OneVue platform will be incorporated into Sentry's existing Compass platform suite, which also includes offerings from HUB24, Asgard and ...

Antipodes Partners recruits investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Global equities manager Antipodes Partners has recruited a new investment analyst. Chris Connolly joins Antipodes Partners from Platinum Asset Management where he held the same role, most recently specialising in industrials and commodities. He has ...

YBR chair appoints two chief executives in business revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Yellow Brick Road has appointed two new chief executives ahead of a business and management restructure. Vow Financial chief executive Tim Brown has been appointed chief executive, lending; Yellow Brick Road chief executive Matt Lawler has been appointed ...

Monash launches absolute return LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Monash Investors has launched an Australian equities absolute return listed invested company. In response to demand from retail investors, The Monash Absolute Investment Company will have a similar portfolio to Monash's long short Monash Absolute Investment ...

Perpetual Investments drives profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Perpetual has released its 2016 interim results, demonstrating 10% rise in net profit to $64.4 million. This was largely driven by subsidiary Perpetual Investments - which reported $57.2 million in profit before tax - even if profit in the business ...

Australian Unity sees steady profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Australian Unity has reported an 18.2% rise in net profit to $14.2 million in its interim 2016 financial results. This result stems from growth in all underlying Australian Unity businesses, with the fastest-growing channel being Australian Unity Personal ...

Centuria chair announces retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Centuria Capital has made a new board appointment following the announcement that the current chair will retire. Garry Charny, former barrister and founder and managing director of corporate advisory firm Wolseley Corporate, will take up the role of ...

ClearView FUA hits $8bn

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
ClearView has announced its 2016 interim results, which show funds under advice have risen 9% to $8.1 billion. Operating net profit after tax for ClearView's advice business was down 63% on 1H15, which ClearView attributed to a "reallocation of part ...