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Equity Trustees boosts profit

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Equity Trustees (EQT) has boosted its net profit to $7.6 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 41.7% rise on the previous corresponding period. The interim fully franked dividend remains 46c per share. According to EQT chair Tony Killen ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
"If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true..." - Tim Hardin Data releases over the past few weeks have vindicated the "crisis" duo of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his cigar-smoking Treasurer Joe Hockey. ...

Henderson boosts AUM to £81.2 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Henderson Group has boosted its assets under management (AUM) by 8% to A£81.2 billion in the year to 31 December 2014, it announced in its full year results. Net inflows increased from A£2.5 billion to A£7.1 billion, and underlying profit before ...

Altair AM signs equity mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
It is understood that high-conviction Australian equities fund manager Altair Asset Management signed a $30 million managed accounts mandate with a financial planning group in December and an Australian equities mandate with an undisclosed industry ...

HUB24 FUA reaches $1.4 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
HUB24 has announced a 46% growth in FUA to $1.25 billion in the half-year to 31 December 2014, up 102% from the previous six months. Growth in the current half-year has already pushed FUA to $1.4 billion, it also announced. It expects FUA to reach $3 ...

SFG acquisition boosts IOOF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
IOOF Holdings has reported a record half year growth, following the acquisition of SFG Australia. Underlying net profit after tax pre-amortisation was $80.6 million for the six months to 31 December 2014, with SFG contributing $16.3 million to the result. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

IRESS profits up 28%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
IRESS underlying group profit for the 12 months to December 2014 was $71.4 million, up 27.7% from the year before. Results were positively impacted by the full period contribution by IRESS' acquisition of Avelo in the United Kingdom, as opposed to only ...

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
ClearView reported having 216 financial advisers under its license, following the merger with Matrix Planning Solutions in October. ClearView's net profit after tax was $9.9 million for the six months to December 2014, which represents a 9% growth from ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
A young Australian boutique absolute return fund rapidly establishing a mark for outperformance highlights how new funds have to deliver something very special if they want to be noticed. Auscap Asset Management is a small absolute return long short ...