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Australian Ethical profits jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Australian Ethical Investment has posted a 71% rise in profits following significant improvements to its operations. The fund manager reported a net profit after tax of $487,000 for the six months to 31 December 2012. Managing director Phil Vernon said ...

SFG FUA grow 8% to $11.6bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... business and our people to support organic growth initiatives," said SFGA managing director Tony Fenning. "Recent improvements in market conditions have had a welcome positive impact on our clients' portfolio balances and if sustained, will assist in ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... endeavour to innovate through our products and services, he continued. In 2012, Macquarie Life introduced a range of improvements to Macquarie Life FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active to bring together the best features of both products for advisers ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... continued equity market gains and I would have yelled, "irrational exuberance!" Sure, sure, I've been trumpeting the improvements in the major and lesser economies around the globe - even the headlines have become market friendly since the start of the ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... in Australia, representatives from the London-based fund manager also met with former clients to brief them on the improvements. Confidentiality agreements prevented Triantafilidis, who is the new head of investments at the company, commenting on which ...

2013 a turning point for world economy: Clime

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Significant improvements in each of the world's most anxiously watched markets have prompted a dramatic lift in investor sentiment, and could signal a major turning point for the global economy, according to Clime chief investment officer John Abernathy. ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... push us towards debating what really drives national productivity growth, namely education reform, infrastructure improvements, increased and higher value output, and more efficient regulation and taxation, then they are a good thing. Ben Ong is on l ...

Prime industrial rents hit four year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... industrial, Luke Dixon expects tightening supply, plus growing buyer and occupier demand for industrial assets to drive improvements in the sector's underlying fundamentals. The improving sentiment coincides with a 29% rise in the S&P/ASX300 AREIT sector ...

New rules for HFT trading

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... large price movements, new extreme trading rules will also apply. And dark pools will need to offer meaningful price improvements over the market (with the exemption of block trades). New data reporting standards from 2013 will also help the Australian ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... volatility will abate. In their respective market outlooks for November, both global investment houses pointed to improvements in the US economy, signs that a Chinese hard-landing has been averted and the ongoing global hunt for income as positive signs ...