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LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Listed investment company Hunter Hall Global Value delivered an investment portfolio return of 12.3% last financial year, outperforming MSCI World by 11.9%. The LIC also produced an after tax profit of $30.5 million. Hunter Hall Global Value chairman ...

GBST profits down in "year of transformation"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Financial technology firm GBST has recorded a 39% fall in net profit to $9.3 million from $15.3 million in 2015. The company's managing director Robert DeDominicis attributed the result to it being a "year of transformation" for the business. "Following ...

Flat markets impact IAG profit

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
IAG has reported a 14.1% fall in profit as the insurer juggles the impact of lower returns and adverse weather events. IAG reported its FY16 net profit after tax of $625 million down from $728 million in 2015. A loss the group attributes to "a significantly ...

ASX senior manager goes to Citi for wealth head role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Citi has appointed a new head of banking wealth management product. Marcus Christoe joins Citi from the ASX, where he was senior manager, funds and investment products. Prior to that, he was head of equity structured products at RBS and head of equities ...

Hunter Hall delivers profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Hunter Hall delivered an 86.8% boost in statutory after-tax profit to $7.8 million in the year to 30 June 2016. This was driven by major gains in investment income and performance fees - even if funds under management only increased slightly by 1.9% ...

BlackRock publishes staff gender split

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has become the latest to join a handful of firms publishing the gender split of their staff as well as what proportion of women hold senior management roles. The move comes amid growing concerns about the ...

Franklin Templeton appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Jim McKay was previously Franklin Templeton's director - advisory services. Prior to that, he was head of distribution and head of wholesale business at ING INvestment ...

Bell FG delivers flat HY profit

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Bell Financial Group has delivered a half year net profit of $5.7 million, the same profit the group delivered in 1H 2015. Revenue was up by 2% in 1HY 2016 to $84.7 million, slightly higher than the $83 million recorded in 1H 2015. The group has declared ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
K2 Asset Management says investor confidence was "the only true fatality" coming out of the Brexit referendum and it is encouraging investors to ride out the ebbs and flows of equity markets. In releasing the firm's FY16 results, chairman Campbell Neal ...

WAM Research achieves record outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Listed investment company WAM Research has reported record outperformance of 23.5% and healthy profit growth for the 12 months to 30 June. The investment portfolio increased 25.5%, outperforming its S&P/ASX All Companies All Ordinaries benchmark by ...