Weekly market update – week ending 6 November, 2015

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global shares mostly saw solid gains over the last week helped by good economic data, albeit with talk of ongoing Fed... Read more continue reading

Global Equities Market ripe for Long/Short managers says Zenith

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The global equities market is ripe for long/short managers according to Zenith Investment Partners latest Global Long/Short equities Sector Report released this week. The 12 months to 30 September 2015... Read more continue reading

Invast research points to commodities recovery

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Invast Australia in its November 2015 Investment Committee Monthly Outlook predicts commodity prices could be near rock bottom levels with the possibility of a recovery in the first half of... Read more continue reading

Reserve Bank view on rates; Record vehicle sales

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Reserve Bank Governor Speech; New vehicle sales Easing bias: In a speech, the Reserve Bank Governor clearly stated the easing bias: “were a change to monetary policy to be required... Read more continue reading

OneVue acquires 100% of Super Managers Australia

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OneVue Holdings Limited (OneVue) yesterday announces the acquisition of 100% of Super Managers Australia Pty Ltd (SMA), expanding the Group’s superannuation capabilities further into the fast growing superannuation administration sector. SMA... Read more continue reading

QUAL added to BT SuperWrap and Asgard Super platforms

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Van Eck Australia yesterday announced that its Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF (QUAL) has been added to the BT SuperWrap and Asgard Super platforms. In its first year,... Read more continue reading

Stronger iron ore prices lift export receipts

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Balance on Goods and Services – September 2015 The goods and services trade deficit came in at $2.3bn in September. Total exports rose by 3.4% and total imports rose by... Read more continue reading

Next wave of XTBs (Exchange Traded Bond units) now live on ASX

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Reinforcing its commitment to improving investor access to corporate bonds on ASX, the Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has expanded the range of XTBs available, with the official release yesterday of... Read more continue reading

ANZIIF clocks up 11th win as Asia’s insurance educator of the year

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The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) is pleased to announce that it has been named Educational Service Provider of the Year at the 19th Asia... Read more continue reading

MBS Insurance adds two new authorised representatives

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MBS Insurance partner Kris Mason has announced that Chris MacKenzie and Brent McCullough have joined the advice team as authorised representatives. Initially Chris and Brent joined the practice as para-planners... Read more continue reading