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FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... Etheridge's 'Bring Me Some Water' while Kitty McNiven from BlackRock won Perpetual Best Newcomer Award for her performance of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock and Roll'. Rounding up the awardees were Jodie Hanson from ANZ as Best Returning Artist and James Lee ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... headlines - as they should for trade is one of the major components of GDP - the latest Australian Industry Group (AiG) Performance of Services survey indicates that the good tidings for the economy continue to roll. The Performance of Services Index ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... 1.7 pps contribution from net exports in the third quarter... but is not completely unexpected considering the performance of the Australian dollar during the comparable periods. The A$/US$ exchange rate dropped by 8.6% -- and 6.1% on the TWI - in Q3 ...

Tail risk hedging works for industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... introduced by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in 2013 made DB funds more sensitive to the performance of investment markets. The rules assume that every DB member will leave the fund on the same day every day.

Australian Unity sees steady profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... grew by 12.2% to $28.9 million; and Investments EBITDA rose by 41.2% to $7.4 million. "We are positive about the performance of our operations after the first six months of the year. Against a volatile external setting, each of our businesses has recorded ...

Fiducian reports solid funds under management growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... corresponding 2014 period. FUMAA has grown 49% in the past three years and stood at $4.4 billion in December 2015. The performance of the group's major fund offerings in 2015 contributed to the growth in funds. "This result further establishes Fiducian ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... 2015. The directors brought forward AUM guidance to $2 billion by the end of June 2016. Blue Sky also updated the performance of the investment funds it manages to the end of December 2015, with an increase from 15.4% to 16.9% per annum compounding (net ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker Benchmarking report, analysed the performance of retail and not-for-profit funds over the 10-year period from June 2005 to June 2015. The report found a close link between ...

HNWIs foresee bullish 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  SATURDAY, 20 FEB 2016
... put cash into equities "whilst prices are relatively low." "Capitalising like this on the attractive long-term performance of stock markets is a time-honoured way that investors can successfully build wealth," he concluded.

SMSFs sell-down ASX favourites for global stocks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... yield. "While it's a positive sign of increasing diversification by SMSF trustees, it's also reflective of the under performance of the ASX top 20 compared to the overall equity market for the period. "Despite the increase in international investments ...