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Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
Vanguard Super has amassed $1 billion in funds under management in just over 12 months, while delivering the best-performing Lifecycle MySuper option of 2023 and quietly rolling out a retirement offering at half the cost of the incumbents'. Speaking ...

Australian Ethical posts strong half-year result

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Australian Ethical has reported a strong half-year financial result, with revenue increasing by 33% to $48.5 million and its underlying net profit after tax (UNPAT) jumping 71% to $8.5 million. The ethical investment firm's funds under management ...

Magellan names Rahmani as new chief, reports NPAT lift

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
Magellan Financial Group is hopeful new managing director Sophia Rahmani will help steady the ship, as it sharpens its focus on the US and reports a 24% increase in statutory net profit after tax despite plummeting funds under management (FUM). Currently ...

Fiducian reports strong first half, flags growth plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Fiducian reported a 10% increase in revenues and 18% jump in funds under management for the six months to December end, saying it's the result of a disciplined business plan. In its half-year update, Fiducian said its underlying net profit after tax ...

Knight Frank bolsters capital advisory team

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
Knight Frank has appointed Ben Schubert as its new head of capital advisory, Australia. Schubert takes on the role in addition to his current position as head of institutional sales, leveraging his track record of 20 years in the industry and seven ...

Bragg proposes super fund reforms to protect retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called for new reforms aimed at safeguarding retail investors as superannuation funds increase their ownership stakes in Australian public companies. In an opinion piece for The Australian, Bragg proposed broadening the Takeovers ...

Global X accelerates push to leapfrog local rivals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
Global X is intensifying efforts to challenge local ETF managers, targeting an ambitious growth in assets under management (AUM) by the end of 2024. The ETF manager, having reached $6 billion AUM in 2023, is now pursuing a goal of $10 billion by 2025 ...

Commercial property likely to recover in 2024: Insights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
The worst is behind us, according to a report from Knight Frank, which eyes the prospect of a recovery in the commercial property market. Revealing its top predictions for the sector for 2024, Knight Frank said an improved vintage will ensure a year ...

ANZ rakes in $7.4bn profit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
In its full-year 2023 results, ANZ declared a cash profit of $7.4 billion, up 14% on the previous year. The big four bank said its proposed final dividend for 2023 also increased to 94 cents per share (cps), consisting of an 81 cps dividend partially ...

BNP Paribas to sharpen efforts down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Having spent more than two decades working with super funds down under, BNP Paribas says it's spending more time focusing on the quality rather than the quantity of its partnerships. Speaking with Financial Standard, BNP Paribas head of institutional ...