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Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... by the Australian Industry Group (AiG) in the same month. Instead, while it remained at expansion levels, the AiG performance of manufacturing index declined to 51.1 points in October - the lowest level this year - from 54.2 in the previous month as ...

Fund managers' transparency poor: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... researchers and investors to accurately assess active management of shares and whether high fees are justified as the performance attributed to managerial skills of actively managed funds is poorly reported, he added. "As a result, it is difficult to ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... year, the manager has increased the portfolio exposure to small cap stocks. This change, plus the strong relative performance of the small caps portfolio, has resulted in the small caps allocation being close to the 20% limit as at 30 September 2017." ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
BT Investment Management boosted its cash net profit after tax by 11% to $173.1 million, despite a 51% dip in performance fee earnings. The profit was mostly driven by strong net inflows of $4.7 billion; the boost in funds under management - up 14% ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... the full year to 2017, separate reports from EY and KPMG have found. A KPMG analysis of the major Australian banks' performance shows the insurance and wealth management arms collectively earned $10 billion in non-interest income, down 29.7% on the prior ...

Younger generations gaining super ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... numbers enter the decumulation phase. The research also shows that all but Generation Z are most satisfied with the performance of industry funds, with the younger demographic preferring retail funds. This is associated with their lower average super ...

Westpac Group results solid despite challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... Cooper said BTFG was operating in a challenging environment but the result was pleasing, demonstrating solid underlying performance had been maintained. "This result shows the business is in good shape. We maintained our number one market share position ...

FinPal integrates broking capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... helping financial advice businesses increase profitability, improve client engagement & satisfaction, enhance team performance & reduce business risk.

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... the latest AiG PMI surveys is any indication, it'll be more of the same, if not worse, in the coming months. The AiG performance of manufacturing index fell to 51.1 in October, still indicating expansion but decelerating from 54.2 in September and 59.8 ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... been reported that Man AHL's multi-strategy fund, which trades a material amount of client money, has significant performance come from the machine learning component. Ledford added that high quality data sets coming from trades in forex (FX) had also ...