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Rainmaker unveils managed fund flow winners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... Australian managed product industry, helping Rainmaker clients to navigate what can be an erratic and unforgiving environment. In terms of asset class, fixed interest had the highest 12-month net flows with $12.8 billion on final FUM of $131 billion ...

Challenger appoints Duncan West as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... achieved record life and annuity sales and remain disciplined on management of our expenses. Clearly, the macro-economic environment presents both challenges and opportunities with rising interest rates benefiting annuity sales and margins but markets ...

Brookfield names leadership for asset management business

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... effect of inflation takes hold. Some of these assets adjust quarterly and others do so over the longer term, but this environment is enhancing our cash flows and increasing the replacement cost of assets we own," Brookfield said. It concluded its insurance ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... inevitably creates some degree of peer awareness and short-termism. "They're trying to create transparency and an environment where members can understand returns, compare superannuation funds'' performance, and then make the best selection ...

GQG Partners net revenue jumps 21.3%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... the first six months of the year, the firm had positive net inflows of US$6.3 billion despite a challenging market environment with continued industry outflows and overall negative market returns. "Our peak month-end FUM was $94.6 billion, occurring ...

Aussie crypto investors bullish despite market volatility

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... traditional investments. When looking at investment goals against the current inflationary and higher interest rate environment, 58% of respondents remain confident they will still achieve their goals, though 40% said perhaps not within the timeframe ...

AMP to return $1.1bn to shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... through a period of continued economic uncertainty. "While our profit has declined on 1H21 due to a more challenging environment, it is also a reflection of the deliberate actions we took to reprice our offers in Master Trust and Platforms to continue ...

Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... technologies involve extraction and production processes that can be carbon intensive, as well as highly disruptive to the environment and the communities where mines are located." Nevertheless, author of the report, Fidelity International director of ...

NAB falls after cost growth revision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... continued (up 2% and 4% respectively, excluding the Citi acquisition). "Our business is in good shape for this evolving environment. Balance sheet settings remain strong, and we are well advanced on our FY22 term wholesale funding task with $34 billion ...

Reserve Bank explores digital currency potential

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... considerations. The project will involve the development of a limited-scale CBDC pilot that will operate in a ring-fenced environment. "A CBDC could potentially support a number of the Bank's policy objectives, including safeguarding public trust ...