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Bell FG delivers flat HY profit

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... group has declared a fully franked dividend of 1.75c per share up from 1.5c per share in the prior corresponding period. In an ASX statement, the group said all business divisions were profitable and results solid given difficult market conditions. Bell ...

Keybridge chair resigns as Wilson calls for Hastings fund overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Keybridge in June, only 15 months after it was purchased, but Keybridge would remain as investment manager for the fund. In ASX statement, Aurora Funds Management said that its board "is considering the validity of the request and will update the market ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... its funds. Five of the six funds K2 manages underperformed against respective benchmarks during the past financial year. The ASX-listed K2 Australian Small Cap Fund produced the only positive result, a 9.6% outperformance compared to the Small Ordinaries ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... exposure to global healthcare and agriculture stocks. The new funds are BetaShares Global Healthcare ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: DRUG) and the BetaShares Global Agriculture Companies ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: FOOD). Both DRUG and FOOD are hedged into ...

ASX blockchain move defensive: Professor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
A New York University professor believes at the very least the ASX should use blockchain to improve its back office processing of trades because that alone would provide a big profit opportunity. NYU Stern School of Business professor David Yermack ...

WAM Research achieves record outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... 23.5% and healthy profit growth for the 12 months to 30 June. The investment portfolio increased 25.5%, outperforming its S&P/ASX All Companies All Ordinaries benchmark by 23.5%. The company's fully franked full year dividend also increased to 8.5 cents ...

Greencape wins top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... the opportunity to invest in a concentrated portfolio of between 15 and 40 stocks and aims to outperform the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index over rolling three year periods. It has delivered 3.65% per annum (net of fees) outperformance over ...

Prime Financial increases stake in MPR

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
ASX-listed Prime Financial Group is purchasing its largest stake in any one company, entering arrangements to increase holdings in Melbourne accounting and advisory firm MPR Group. Prime is increasing its stake in MPR from 40% to 93% through the issue ...

AMP Capital details China fund wind-up strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
AMP Capital Funds Management chair Adam Tindall has explained its wind-up strategy for the China Growth Fund (AGF) in an ASX statement. Reiterating that the fund will be wound up "as quickly and as efficiently as we can," Tindall added that the proposed ...

Wilson explains Aurora fund wind-up proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... their last announced net tangible asset backing per share (based on $0.135, the price at which Bentley shares closed on the ASX on 1 August 2016). Keybridge reported that Bentley has generated cumulative losses of approximately $1.262 million over the ...