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K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
K2 Asset Management says investor confidence was "the only true fatality" coming out of the Brexit referendum and it is encouraging investors to ride out the ebbs and flows of equity markets. In releasing the firm's FY16 results, chairman Campbell Neal ...

CBA posts record profit despite dip from wealth division

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
A 6% dip in the cash profit of Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division did not hold the bank back from recording a record after tax cash profit of $9.45 billion for the 12 months to 30 June, up 3% on last year. Wealth Management cash net profit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Australia business confidence Brexit and the close 2 July Australian Federal elections dented Australian business sentiment as could be expected, but only just. The National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence index eased to a reading of plus 4 ...

Super funds return three per cent

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Superannuation funds have returned an average of 2.9% for the 12 months to 30 June as measured by the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index, propped up by property and fixed income. The SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper ...

Antipodes to launch global equities LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Antipodes Partners is launching a global equities listed investment company. It will give retail investors access to the global equities market. The portfolio of the company will be based on the Antipodes Global Fund, which was declared by Morningstar ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... 255K increase in US non-farm payrolls in July - and the upward revisions (a total of 18K) in employment growth in May and June - the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) rebounded to a reading of plus 1 in July, with the prior two months revised higher ...

Greencape wins top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Boutique Australian equities fund manager Greencape Capital has received two 'Highly Recommended' ratings from researcher Zenith. The Greencape Wholesale High Conviction Fund and the Greencape Wholesale Broadcap Fund were upgraded from Recommended to ...

ASIC compensation plummets despite surveillance success

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
The amount of consumer compensation ASIC secured decreased by 91% in the six months to June 30, 2016, despite increased surveillance outcomes almost across the board. ASIC's latest enforcement report shows that the regulator secured $13.4 million in ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Some of the world's major central banks have already started the race even before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing ...

BTFG alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
BT Financial Group's head of alternatives at BT Investment Solutions has left the company. Chris Thompson joined BT in 2005 as a portfolio manager for multi-manager funds. He was a founding member of the team. He moved onto the head of alternatives ...