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La Trobe mortgage fund gets "Strong" rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
La Trobe Australian Mortgage Fund has been awarded a "Strong" rating from Australia Ratings.

IOOF reports growth across the board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
IOOF has reported statutory net profit after tax of $48.3 million in its interim results, and will pay an interim fully franked dividend of 22.5 cents per share.

Treasury Group's FUM up on retail inflows

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Strong performances from RARE Infrastructure (RARE), Investors Mutual Limited (IML) and Celeste Funds Management (Celeste) has seen Treasury Group's profits climb 30% to $7.2 million in its half year results for the six month period ending 31 December ...

Zenith recommends AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
AllianceBernstein's Global High Income Fund (GHI) has been rated 'Recommended' by independent investment research provider Zenith Investment Partners.

Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Millinium Capital Managers' MSF Dividend Income Option has received an "A" rating from van Eyk Research in its Australian Equities Income Review.

Charter Hall profits dip 4.3%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Charter Hall's statutory profit after tax for the six months to 31 December 2013 has fallen 4.3% to $28.6 million.

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
AUSCOAL Super has awarded a new dynamic currency hedging strategy mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) that will allow AUSCOAL Super's investment team more involvement in the portfolio's currency management.

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Dividends paid by the world's listed companies burst through the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever in 2013, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, a new quarterly report analysing equity income from around the world.

NAB reports $1.4 billion net profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported unaudited net profits of $1.4 billion and unaudited cash earnings of $1.55 billion for the December quarter.

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Asset consultant Towers Watson saw client global uptake of smart beta investment strategies more than double in 2013 to $11 billion in new investments.