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ClearView life insurance drives $20m profit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
ClearView has boosted its net profit after tax to $20.5 million in FY2015, up 4% on the previous year. This growth was primarily driven by the company's life insurance division, which boosted net profit by 41% to $15.3 million, thanks to a 26% in new ...

AMP Capital grabs $205m Port Hedland airport

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) have taken over the lease of the Port Hedland International Airport, in Western Australia. The consortium was reportedly bidding against IFM Investors and Airport Development Group. The 50-year lease ...

Industry fund competes directly with advice networks

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
An industry superannuation fund has set up a nationwide network of advisers accredited under the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professional Practice program. UniSuper is the first not-for-profit fund to have all of its advice offices accredited ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
You know the old saying: there's nothing like selling monkey hand-puppets door-to-door to turn you off working in sales forever. David Hallifax was doing odd jobs with a friend to support himself while backpacking around Australia. He'd crossed the ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

OneVue close to turning profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
OneVue has almost doubled its revenue in the last year, helping to reduce its net loss from $5.23 million in 2014 to $220,000 in the year to 30 June 2015. Total revenue of $25.42 million for the reporting period represents an increase of 92% from $13.21 ...

Centrepoint's wealth business up 10pc

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Centrepoint Alliance's wealth business recorded an underlying pre-tax profit of $7.1 million for the last financial year, up 10% on the year prior. Announcing its full-year results to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday, Centrepoint also ...

Ranger brings global equity strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
The $4 billion US-based Ranger Capital Group has launched its Global Income and Growth fund in Australia through its subsidiary Ranger International, with the Myer Family Company coming on board as a seed investor. Over the past 12 years, the strategy ...

Blue Sky delivers 68% profit as alternatives rally

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported record profit and assets under management as investors find growth in alternatives. The manager reported an underlying net profit after tax of $10.4 million for the year to 30 June 2014, 68% up from $6.2 ...

Kinetic Super chief executive steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Kinetic Super's chief executive stepped down from her role effective immediately and an interim chief executive will be announced shortly. Megan Bolton's departure was mutually agreed between herself and the board, the super fund said in a brief statement ...