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Financial sector has deep pockets for philanthropy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... basis. Commonwealth Bank led the pack among the banks, donating $70million or 0.7% of its profit. BHP gave the largest dollar value in the list of $221 million. Strive Philanthropy founder Jarrod Miles said the spike in giving in 2020 is warmly welcomed ...

Magellan performance fees dip 70%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... Magellan reported a small increase in its net profits, despite a 70% drop in performance fees and a stronger Australian dollar. Net profit after tax for the six months ending December 2020 was $202 million, up 3% from the same period in 2019. Total average ...

ETF liquidity disappears: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... these securities. "By our calculations, the average increase in spread and spread to $100K for fixed income - Australian dollar ETFs was 571% and 728%, respectively, and the increase in those same metrics for fixed income - global ETFs was 479% and 569%," ...

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... at global investment company D.E. Shaw to launch the online retail business. He turned the business into a multi-billion-dollar empire and has claimed the title of world's richest man. Bezos added $78.2 billion to his fortune last year. His successor ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... appreciated and is in the upper end of the range of recent years - this was since early 2018. Akin to China, the Australian dollar has become the "victim" of Australia's success in controlling the COVID-19 outbreak and its variant and in strengthening ...

You can't hate Trump but love the S&P 500: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
If you disliked Donald Trump, you may want to reconsider your investment in S&P 500 stocks as new research shows these companies are likely to donate more to the Republicans than to the Democrats. Goods Unite Us mapped political donations from S&P 500 ...

IFM makes multi-billion-dollar energy bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
IFM Investors has made a EUR 5 billion offer for a 22% stake in Spanish energy company Naturgy Energy Group. The stake will form part of IFM's Global Infrastructure Fund. Naturgy is based in Spain and listed on the IBEX 35 exchange. Its diversified ...

Vale Chi-X founder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... definitely enjoyed being one of what was initially a handful of people at Chi-X Australia, taking on its large multibillion dollar competitor." Fowler qualified as a computer programmer in 1969 and joined the London Produce Clearing House, which subsequently ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... tracking errors in both Aussie and global equities, Rainmaker found. Global shares fared better as a result of the Aussie dollar appreciating against the USD, as well as the continued rise in tech stocks. In terms of products, Alphinity's Sustainable ...

BlackRock results reveal Aladdin trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
BlackRock's end-to-end operating system Aladdin is continuing along its trajectory of world domination, but COVID-19 has provided a blip in revenue growth. BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has said he wants to see technology revenue make up a third ...