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What is the right balance of equities in an investment portfolio?

There is a heavy reliance on equities when it comes to investment portfolio construction, but getting the balance right is no easy task, writes Stephen Hart....

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Equity Trustees marks time on profit

Equity Trustees has reported no change in profit for the past financial year but growth in its private clients push....

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Treasury Group reports good results and positive outlook

Treasury Group reported a consolidated profit after tax of $11.68 million for the last financial year, up 136 per cent, while normalised net profit after tax was $10.19 m...

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IOOF’s record profit

The bedding down of IOOF’s merger with AWM and its acquisition of Skandia have paid dividends for the group in the form of a record profit....

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Suncorp doubles profit

A restructure, joint venture sales and a strong return from general insurance have seen Suncorp significantly lift its profit....

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Snowball reports profit fall

Financial planning dealer group Snowball has reported a 31 per cent profit fall in the year to 30 June, 2010, mostly due to the financial impact of the acquisition of Off...

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Perpetual’s 140 per cent profit boost

Perpetual appears to have moved beyond the gloomy results it achieved during the global financial crisis to report a 140 per cent increase in profit....

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Times suiting Challenger

Challenger believes the times and an ageing population are on its side....

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Infrastructure investment following the GFC

Geoff Frankish takes a fresh look at Australian infrastructure and investor sentiment since the global financial crisis....

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Bank dominance the elephant in the room

Mike Taylor writes that the ACCC's initial veto of NAB's proposed takeover of AXA Asia Pacific failed to acknowledge the most important factor: bank dominance....