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SFG acquisition boosts IOOF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
IOOF Holdings has reported a record half year growth, following the acquisition of SFG Australia. Underlying net profit after tax pre-amortisation was $80.6 million for the six months to 31 December 2014, with SFG contributing $16.3 million to the result. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

IRESS profits up 28%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
IRESS underlying group profit for the 12 months to December 2014 was $71.4 million, up 27.7% from the year before. Results were positively impacted by the full period contribution by IRESS' acquisition of Avelo in the United Kingdom, as opposed to only ...

Risk not the endgame

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... client newsletter. Carleton and Parker formed Auscap after leaving Goldman Sachs when due to the requirements of the Dodd Frank Act in the US the global investment house had to restructure its portfolio management businesses. This background combined ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve chief indicated the US central bank was in no hurry to raise its interest rate. At 0833 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Centuria reports 6.6% growth in net assets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Centuria Capital has released its results for the half-year to 31 December 2014 and declared a 6.6% growth in net assets and an interim fully-franked dividend of 2c, to be paid on 26 March. Strategic goals reached during the period include Centuria's ...

Magellan doubles profit, consolidates global presence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Magellan Financial Group doubled its profit after tax to $77.4 million in the first half of financial year 2014-2015, while it kept strengthening its global presence. The group reported a revenue increase of 91% to $128.5 million during the six months ...

Franklin Templeton recruits Towers Watson consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Franklin Templeton Solutions has appointed a solutions portfolio manager from Towers Watson. Felicity Walsh was previously part of Towers Watson's investment consulting team in Sydney and its actuarial consulting team in the UK, Walsh will report to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following mixed US housing data, a lacklustre reading on inflation and indications the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share ...

WTF moment on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
"Love and marriage, love and marriage Go together like a horse and carriage." Well, perhaps in 1955 when ol' blue eyes Frank Sinatra sang that, "this I tell you brother, you can't have one without the other"... but now no longer for most. The song played ...