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AIA profit up 16% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... operating profit after tax was up 16% to US$2.91 billion for the year ended 30 November 2014. The Hong Kong-listed insurance company reported that net profit was up 22% to US$3.45 billion during that year. The board of directors has recommended a final ...

Equity Trustees boosts profit

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... resources devoted to the very involved integration project, and before the material synergy benefits begin to flow, the company still managed to virtually double its first half operating performance." "The acquisition of ANZ Trustees is an exciting event ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... quick US interest rate hike recede. Locally, the Reserve Bank will release financial aggregates for January on Friday. In company news Woolworths, Harvey Norman, Cabcharge and the owner of Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Lindeman's, Treasury Wine Estates releases ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... going ex-dividend. Woodside fell $1.71, or 4.7%, to $34.74 while Telstra sank 17 cents to $6.42. Among the latest batch of company results was Southern Cross Austereo, whose shares jumped 3.5 cents, or 3.7%, to 97 cents despite an uninspiring first half ...

IRESS profits up 28%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... business landscape continues to change." IRESS reported group profits of $50.67 million, up 109% from the year before. The company distributed a final dividend of 25.5 cents per share (up 9.2% from 2013), 40% franked.

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... $9.9 million for the six months to December 2014, which represents a 9% growth from the prior corresponding period. The company wrote $17 million of life insurance new business premiums in the half year, up 32% compared to the year before. Funds under ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... $10 million compared to an underlying NPAT of $6.2 million in FY14. Founder and managing director Mark Sowerby said the company continued to benefit from strong investment performance across the funds Blue Sky manages, balance sheet exposure to those ...

Spring FG promotes two execs to state manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... takes responsibility for Victoria while Michael Oren has been appointed state manager for Queensland. Prior to joining the company, Vadamootoo was in tertiary and post-graduate education for the best part of a decade. "Having been a founding member of ...

ClearView calls for life insurance industry crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... customers are often recommended a product not because it's the most suitable and appropriate, but because of an insurance company's willingness and ability to pay shelf space fees."

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... the agreement to the Greece bailout after weeks of negotiation, while local investors again were busy with a number of company reportings to digest," Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said. But he expects no major movements in afternoon trade. ...