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PIMCO announces global layoffs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... for their contributions." PIMCO's leadership changes follow the significant outflows from the group after "bond king" Bill Gross departed, and subsequently sued, the company in 2014/15.

Munich Re pursues divestment from insurance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... "Therefore, Munich Re will pursue a divestment of its primary insurance arm in Australia and New Zealand. GLA currently has a gross written premium of around $500 million." Munich Re stressed that Australia will remain an important market, with the insurer ...

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... payroll tax in Australia, SRO Victoria assessed that all licensees would be liable to pay approximately 5% payroll tax on the gross revenue of authorised representatives, backdated seven years. According to Synchron director, Don Trapnell, the SRO's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... resale as operating margins remained under pressure. German retailers, on the other hand, reported the first improvement in gross margins in five-and-a-half years, in a sign of high street businesses there returning to better health."

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... Super Fund head of international direct investment, Nigel Gormly, said Z Energy had been an excellent investment with a gross return to date of about 48% per annum. Gormly said the sale reflected the achievement of the fund's original goals for its private-equity ...

HUB24 FUA up 84pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... under administration (FUA), heralding 84% growth in the past 12 months. The announcement follows three quarters of strong gross inflows for HUB24 in the 2016 financial year, with the platform having the sixth highest net inflows across the industry in ...

Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... dissimilar. The top quartile of investment managers in this asset class have consistently beaten the index by about 3% (gross of fees) over five and 10 years with some highly ranked managers doing even better.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Australia company profits The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Business Indicators, Australia" report shows that gross operating profits dropped by 4.7% in the March quarter following a 2.8% drop in the fourth quarter of last year and disappointing ...

DomaCom partners to keep cattle empire in Australian hands

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... station locally," DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said. "At a price of $210 million, it would give investors a gross rent of 3.9% in addition to capital growth, low volatility and the opportunity to keep an Australian agricultural icon in local ...

Funds management rife with "dressed up" performance data: Cerulli

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... Griffiths. He added: "Another common complaint is that it is not clear whether the numbers in performance data are net or gross of fees. While consultants may be more forgiving of the latter issue, the overriding concern is that some managers are willing ...