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Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Mavis Robertson, one of the pioneers of the Australian superannuation sector, has died. Robertson's career spanned more than six decades in the union movement and then in superannuation as fund secretary of BUS (Building Unions Superannuation) and AUST ...

Accountants threatened by regulation, falling profits, succession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Accountants are increasingly concerned about declining fee growth rates, succession planning gaps and their capacity to provide advice services, according to the Bstar 2015 Accountants Research Report. Succession planning is the most immediate issue ...

Australian dividend growth leads Asia Pacific

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... strong performance in 2014, we now expect a pause for breath in 2015," Henderson Global Investors head of global equity income Alex Crooke said. "Since we introduced our 2015 forecast, three key things have changed: first, the global economic outlook ...

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
The alternatives sector is transforming due to regulatory pressures and the needs of a growing institutional customer-base, according to Lonsec's recently published Alternatives Sector Review. Lonsec's research covered 33 investment products, including ...

ANZ profit up 3.6% in "tougher environment"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
ANZ announced a cash profit of $1.79 billion in the three months to 31 December 2014, a 3.6% increase on the previous quarter. Revenue was above the FY14 quarterly average, but so were expenses - the statement attributes this to exchange rate impacts ...

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
ASIC has issued a stop order prohibiting Bitcoin Group from discussing its intention to IPO prior to submitting a prospectus. Bitcoin Group is a "miner" of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. This entails using software to solve complex mathematical problems ...

Bendigo lifts half-year cash earnings by 10.9%

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) announced underlying cash earnings of $217.9 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 10.9% increase on the previous half-year. After tax statutory profit was $227.3 million, and cash earnings per share were 48.1c. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on international markets amid hope for Greece's bailout plan and a Ukraine ceasefire and strong economic data out of Germany. At 0807 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
ASX Ltd has released its half-year results to 31 December 2014 and has lifted profit 4.7% to $198.6 million. Revenues rose by 5.9% to $348.7 million, and the ASX will pay a fully-franked interim dividend of 92.3c to shareholders in March. According ...