AMP Bank announces changes to investment lending

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AMP has announced changes to investor lending to manage its portfolio responsibly and align with regulatory requirements. The pricing and policy changes for investment property loans, include: Variable interest rates... Read more continue reading

Business as usual following Sequoia purchase of InterPrac

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“We expect it to be business as usual,” following InterPrac’s acceptance of Sequoia Financial Group’s (Sequoia) proposed purchase of the national licensee,said InterPrac’s Managing Director, Garry Crole. “Under the arrangement... Read more continue reading

Lennox Capital Partners appoints new analyst

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Boutique fund manager, Lennox Capital Partners, has strengthened its team with the appointment of analyst Olivia Bible, following the recent launch of its flagship smallcap strategy – the Lennox Australian... Read more continue reading

Grant Samuel Funds Management forms partnership to distribute the Munro Global Growth Fund

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Grant Samuel Funds Management (GSFM) and global equities manager Munro Partners have formed a partnership, with GSFM distributing Munro Partners’ long/short global equities fund in the Australian and New Zealand... Read more continue reading

Centuria Metropolitan REIT and Centuria Urban REIT to merge

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Centuria’s listed property division yesterday announced it will merge its two listed property trusts, Centuria Metropolitan REIT (ASX: CMA) and Centuria Urban REIT (ASX: CUA). Separate unit holder meetings conducted this... Read more continue reading

Acorns goes green with launch of sustainable investment portfolio

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Micro-investing app, Acorns, has highlighted its commitment to sustainability with the launch of a new, ethical investment portfolio, available from today. Following regular feedback from users, Acorns Australia customers will... Read more continue reading

Calastone successfully completes first phase of blockchain distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept for the global funds industry

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Calastone, the global funds transaction network, yesterday announced the successful completion of the first phase of its distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept (PoC) to test the feasibility of using blockchain to develop... Read more continue reading

Mid-single digit returns the outlook for global equities

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Two per cent is the new four per cent for mature economies’ GDP, meaning that the long-term outlook for global equity returns is likely to be in the mid-single digits,... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees appointed RE to specialist boutique manager

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Equity Trustees has been appointed the responsible entity (RE) for GQG Partners LLC, the specialist global and emerging equities boutique manager founded by ex-Vontobel CIO, Rajiv Jain in partnership with... Read more continue reading

XTB appoints Chief Investment Officer

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Fixed income innovator XTB yesterday announced the appointment of Ian Martin as Chief Investment Officer. The newly created role reflects the ongoing evolution of the XTB business and growing demand for... Read more continue reading