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AIA profit boosted by Asian insurance demand

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... and a 14% growth in annualised new premiums to US$3.9 billion. "We are delighted to have delivered another excellent performance in 2015, with VONB growth of 26% on a constant exchange rate basis, which provides the clearest picture of our operating ...

Australian Ethical reports solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... billion the year before. The increase was driven by a combination of new inflows - up 102% - and asset management performance - which was top quartile for key funds. The super fund's membership numbers also rose 11% to 23,570. The solid result comes ...

Unconstrained bond funds disappoint in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... higher risk sectors in 2015. Given that a lot of these funds are new on the block, it's hard to get a good idea of performance. But 2015 was certainly an interesting test case."

Australian Unity sees steady profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... Healthcare grew by 12.2% to $28.9 million; and Investments EBITDA rose by 41.2% to $7.4 million. "We are positive about the performance of our operations after the first six months of the year. Against a volatile external setting, each of our businesses ...

Fiducian reports solid funds under management growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... corresponding 2014 period. FUMAA has grown 49% in the past three years and stood at $4.4 billion in December 2015. The performance of the group's major fund offerings in 2015 contributed to the growth in funds. "This result further establishes Fiducian ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... 2015. The directors brought forward AUM guidance to $2 billion by the end of June 2016. Blue Sky also updated the performance of the investment funds it manages to the end of December 2015, with an increase from 15.4% to 16.9% per annum compounding (net ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker Benchmarking report, analysed the performance of retail and not-for-profit funds over the 10-year period from June 2005 to June 2015. The report found a close link between ...

HNWIs foresee bullish 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  SATURDAY, 20 FEB 2016
... to put cash into equities "whilst prices are relatively low." "Capitalising like this on the attractive long-term performance of stock markets is a time-honoured way that investors can successfully build wealth," he concluded.

Global market slide hits NZ Super Fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
The New Zealand Super Fund has released its performance report for January 2016, revealing a negative 3.57% return. The $28 billion sovereign wealth fund attributed this return to its weighting to growth assets - in particular its 65% allocation to ...

Magellan average monthly inflows hit $214m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... influenced by market sentiment. But does that worry me? No. That's just a timing issue, to be honest. "In terms of performance, we really don't talk on 12-month periods. Our strategy is to give people quite a lot of defence on the downside and we're ...