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Dimensional expands with new Melbourne office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Global asset management firm Dimensional has opened a new office in Melbourne in a bid to grow its investment management business and increase its client services capabilities. The new office is on Collins Street, the heartland of Australian industry ...

Super hits $2 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that super assets increased 6.1% to $2.0 trillion in the 12 months to 31 December. Of this number, $1.26 trillion are APRA-regulated fund assets with the ...

Fiducian reports solid funds under management growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Fiducian Group has boosted its after tax net underlying profit as well its funds under management, advice and administration in the half year to December 2015. The listed financial services company saw its net underlying profit after tax rose 15% while ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lifted its half year net profit after tax to $4.4 million, up 69% on the first half of FY15. The company also grew its revenue 44% to $23.8 million. The company now expects its underlying NPAT for the year ending ...

Aussie jobs trend is our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Another month, another surprise set of numbers from "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia". In December, 'twas a positive surprise with Australian employment shedding only 1,000 heads (now revised to just an 800 cut) versus expectations for a 12,500 reduction. ...

Magellan average monthly inflows hit $214m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Magellan has released its results for the six months ended 31 December 2015, revealing it saw average monthly retail net inflows of $214 million during the period. The firm also saw its average funds under management grow by 44% to $38.8 billion and ...

AMP Capital records solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
AMP Capital has delivered a full-year after tax profit of $138 million, an increase of 20% on 2014. Despite soft equity markets in the second half of 2015, AMP Capital's operating earnings benefited from strong fee income growth of 14%, assisted by ...

IAG appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
IAG has appointed the former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Australia as its new chair. Elizabeth Bryan has been a director of IAG since December 2014 and became deputy chair in June 2015. She is also the chair of Virgin Australia and ...

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
This is the picture of Australia painted by the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The headline index fell to a reading of 97.13 in January from 97.17 in the previous month. This is the index's lowest level on record ...

ANZ cash profit up, net down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ANZ has announced an unaudited cash profit of $1.85 billion in the three months to 31 December 2015, up 4% on the prior corresponding period. Statutory net profit was $1.6 billion, down slightly from the $1.65 billion reported for the December 2014 ...