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Islamic super fund sees 245% FUM growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
An Australian superannuation and investment firm has experienced 245% growth in funds under management for the year to 30 June 2015. Crescent Wealth has exceeded the $100 million FUM milestone, with total member numbers growing close to tenfold during ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
We've gone a long way, baby! A very long way... down. It seems so long ago and far away now but, it had only been less than four months when the All Ordinaries index looked set to break the 6,000-point barrier. It was only 0.8% away (45.2 points) from ...

Challenger's $300m profit and new product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
On top of announcing its $300 million profit for the last financial year, Challenger has launched a new product aiming to provide financial certainty for retirees in aged care. Releasing Challenger's full year results today, chief executive Brian Benari ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Eliminating excessive red tape between superannuation funds, government agencies and indigenous Australians will be a priority when a working group meets with politicians in Canberra this week. Members of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Australia's love story with its own stocks might have run its course, with new figures showing that inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has had its second platform listing since it was launched late last year. The fund will be available to investors and advisers on the netwealth platform. The Altius fund is a diversified Australian fixed interest ethical ...

Difficult year for insurance income: CBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev said it had been a difficult year for life insurance income and more work needs to be done to make its product attractive. Yesterday the bank announced a $9.1 billion cash profit for the past financial year ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Look ma, China's central bank must have read the piece I've written yesterday morning calling their 1.9% devaluation a mere speck. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) topped it up with another devaluation of 1.6% by the afternoon for a grand total of ...

Bell Financial profit grows to $5.7m

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Bell Financial Group has boosted its profits for the half year to June 2015 to $5.7 million, from $759,000 during the same period last year. The company will distribute a dividend of 1.5 cents per share, compared to the 0.3 cents per share it delivered ...