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Macquarie reports $1bn net profit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Macquarie has reported a net profit of $1.05 billion for the first half of 2017.

Centuria in multi-billion dollar merger talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Centuria Capital has confirmed it is in talks to acquire a major property investment and funds management group.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Australia terms of trade improve; US core orders down, pending homes sales up; UK GDP growth accelerates; Japan remains in deflation.

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Despite the prominence of infrastructure as a standalone asset class, the absence of a widely accepted benchmark makes it difficult for investors to analyse the asset class, according to executive director, head of infrastructure research at J.P. Morgan ...

Challenger reveals key annuity relationships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Challenger has announced two new annuity relationships with Australian and international partners.

HUB24 continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
HUB24 has recorded a 25% increase in retail gross inflows for the first quarter of FY17.

NAB Wealth reports solid growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Stronger revenue and lower expenses have resulted in a 13% surge in cash earnings for NAB Wealth, growing to $356 million.

Macquarie Wrap adds global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Macquarie Wrap has added a new global equity fund.

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
But while November appears to be a cut and dried deal for a nil rate cut - and perhaps even December 2016 - some are still betting for at least one more at the other side of the New Year. This may very well be but to use Janet Yellen's words, it depends ...

Clydesdale in talks to acquire RBS subsidiary

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
CYBG, the holding company formed following the NAB demerger, is in talks to acquire a business from the Royal Bank of Scotland.