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CBA remediation bill drags performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... and the New Zealand arm, generated $1.1 billion in income - a decrease of $47 million or 4% on the prior year. The majority of this income came from CFS, which contributed $862 million, up $21 million or 2%. This was driven mainly by growth in the FirstChoice ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... 2015, IEEFA calculated BlackRock's loss amounted to US$2.3 billion. BlackRock responded, stating that the large majority of its equity holdings - including those cited in this report - are held through index-based ETFs and other index products, which ...

Pinnacle profits up 32%

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... funds (LICs, LITs and recently ETFs) which accounted for almost a third of retail inflows of the year $2.9 billion. Majority of net institutional inflows came from Firetrail, a long short boutique set up by former Macquarie portfolio managers. Institutional ...

Woodford suspension extended again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... suspension, Woodford has consistently guaranteed the portfolio will still be focussed on undervalued companies but the majority of them will be FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. "Admittedly, this strategy has not delivered the returns we had anticipated ...

Advice resilient under pressure: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... director Recep Peker said: "While heightened regulation will add time and cost pressures to their business, the vast majority of financial planners have no plans for leaving." He added that advisers face the task of having to adapt their businesses to ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... tending to outperform the market which has itself had a good six months," HLB Mann Judd partner Marcus Ohm said. "The majority of industry sectors also performed well, with ten sectors recording first day gains, and ten sectors also recording positive ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
The majority of Financial Standard 's readership agrees the calculation of deeming rates should be appointed to an external, independent body. After the Federal Government lowered deeming rates from July 1, we wanted to find out if the Minister ...

Aussie millionaires are cashed up: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
A new report finds the majority of Australian millionaires are cautious investors and prefer to leave their wealth in cash rather than risk capital erosion. The 2019 State of Wealth Report, which is based on research conducted by Crestone Wealth Management ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... that when the fund reopens investors will see a much more liquid portfolio, focussed on undervalued companies the majority of which it says will be within the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250. "It is important to note that, because the fund is suspended, there ...

Average Aussie $560k richer with advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... that in the current environment, the report's articulation of the value of an adviser is critical. "The overwhelming majority of clients in Australia do benefit from quality advice. Our report offers a memorable and repeatable framework to assist advisers ...