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Macquarie profit up 49%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Macquarie Group has lifted its full year profit 49% as the company takes advantage of improved conditions in equity markets. The investment bank made a net profit of $1.265 billion for the 12 months to March 31, up from $851 million a year ago. As a ...

BTIM posts strong half year numbers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has reported an after-tax net profit of $83.1 million for the half year to 31 March 2014, up 143% on the same period last year. Statutory net profit after tax was up 243% to $78.3 million while cash earnings per share ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Despite market optimism over 'Abenomics' and widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would eventually announce further expansion of monetary policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so ...

TT International adds two to investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Investment manager TT International has made two senior appointments to its investment team. Marco Li joins the firm as senior investment analyst and head of Australian Equities while Duncan Robertson joins as senior investment analyst and portfolio ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
In big picture terms, not much happened last week. Yes Virginia, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept policy unchanged - as expected. The European Central Bank (ECB) guided forward but also stayed on the sidelines. US non-farm payrolls added another ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from international markets after data showed a pickup in US job creation. At 0812 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls ...

Cbus first industry fund to get Lonsec rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Cbus Super has received a 'Recommended' rating from retail ratings house Lonsec, a first for an industry superannuation fund. Lonsec has assigned the rating to all Cbus investment options including the Cbus default option -- Cbus Growth (Cbus MySuper) ...

COIN migrates onto cloud

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Financial services software provider Rubik Financial Limited has transitioned one of its largest institutional clients COIN to the cloud. COIN was previously housed in-house, but was transitioned over the weekend. Rubik group chief executive, Niek Hoogenhout ...

JPM appoints Australian insto head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Stephen Alcorn to head its Australian institutional business. Based in Sydney, Stephen will be responsible for leading the Australia Institutional client advisory team and delivering the full range of J.P. ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Henderson has reported a record net profit of A£125.1 million ($233 million) for the year to 31 December. The strong result was driven by a 9.5% rise in revenue to a record A£578.2 million ($1.1 billion), resulting from strong investment performance ...