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IRESS sees profit in wealth management

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Financial planning software provider IRESS has recorded a 10% profit increase in its Australia and New Zealand wealth management division over the past six months. The half-year result reflects continued demand in the wealth management segment with ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Regulatory change, technological advances and the evolving needs of customers have led some to believe custodial services are under-going a drastic revolution. Or is that all part of what being a custodian is all about? That was the question representatives ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
QIC has raised $1 billion in new capital for its unlisted Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF), reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two ...

Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Equip has appointed an executive with experience leading digital media and marketing ventures as its new member director. Pippa Leary started in the role on 17 July 2015. She is also chief executive officer of digital advertising company Apex Premium ...

Market down at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Australian stocks were getting punished in early trading with a surprisingly heavy market fall of about 1.7 per cent. The most dominant issue is still Greece's debt crisis with a solution appearing a long way off despite the looming default deadline ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
Public officials' concerns of a property bubble in Sydney and Melbourne are spreading uncertainty amongst those thinking about increasing their exposure, but are not dissuading Chinese investors. Treasury secretary John Fraser was the last public official ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
It's the Fed one day, Grexit the next. It's a deal! Yes Virginia, this morning's headlines were full of it -- stories that a deal had been struck between Athens and Brussels. Never mind the after-reports that European Commission Vice President Valdis ...

US golden opportunity for listed infrastructure

ALEX BURKE, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
The US infrastructure crisis is creating significant opportunities for investment, with two players in the Australian market racing to list global infrastructure funds on the ASX. Speaking at the AMP Capital infrastructure roundtable in Sydney, head ...

Argo lodges infrastructure LIC prospectus

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Argo Investments has lodged a prospectus for Argo Global Listed Infrastructure with ASIC. As reported in Financial Standard in April, AGLI will invest in a diversified global listed infrastructure securities and infrastructure fixed-income securities ...

Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund is seeking to raise up to $20 million through a one for three non-renounceable entitlement issue of new ordinary shares. The Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (BSAAF) is Australia's only listed diversified alternatives ...