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AMP half-year profit up 33%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... reached $132 billion. Major cash outflows include AMP's ongoing wind-up of the Genesys dealer group, which has cost the company $219 million in 2015 to date. Other strong underlying divisions included insurance (individual and group disability and income ...

IRESS sees profit in wealth management

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... the voluntary administration and liquidation of BBY. IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said there was strength in the company's core businesses, including a resilient financial markets business and continued demand in wealth management. "Momentum in ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... decides to defend the currency, the central would have no choice but to raise interest rates. That would weaken growth, company earnings and share prices.

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... particular is paramount," the Transfield statement said. It also said the details of 67 incidents at Nauru are contained in the company's submission to a Senate inquiry, publicly available on the Senate's website.

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... cities have the ability to attract talent, tourists and international tenants, based on long-term fundamentals," said the company's head of Australia, Nick Evans. "A city-based real estate strategy, underpinned by long-term, structural trends strikes ...

Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... investors seeking diversification and predictable returns." Managing director of Infocus Wealth Management, the parent company of Alpha Fund Managers, Rod Bristow, said: "We are attracted to ARGBS because of its strong diversification benefits and consistent ...

Mercer launches super data analytics tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... analytics tool to help super funds better understand their members amid intense competition for funds under management. The company says the new analytics, marketing and strategy platform - to be known as Mercer Edge - "will predict, in near real-time ...

AMP Capital takes majority stake in Angel Trains

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
AMP Capital has taken a majority stake in UK train leasing company Angel Trains. After purchasing additional equity in the company from Arcus Infrastructure Partners' European Infrastructure Fund 1, AMP Capital's ownership of Angel Trains has increased ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 million in the 12 months to 30 June. The company's shareholder base also increased 29.7% ...

VFMC appoints former AustralianSuper chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... public sector clients. In 2013, Rubin retired as chair of AustralianSuper, and as a director of specialist life insurance company TAL. She also recently retired from the board of PPB Advisory, and the federal government's Infrastructure Australia Council ...