Anne Moal joins Perpetual Investments’ credit and fixed income team

From

Perpetual Investments yesterday announced the appointment of Anne Moal to its credit and fixed income team. The new credit analyst position has been created to support the growing capability of... Read more continue reading

Today marks Australia’s move to comprehensive credit reporting

From

On 12 March 2014, reforms to Australia’s Privacy Act will see significant changes to the credit reporting system including the introduction of the Credit Reporting Privacy Code (CR Code) drafted by the Australian Retail... Read more continue reading

China slowdown, but holidays add complications

From

Chinese trade and inflation data Chinese trade: The Chinese trade balance swung from a surplus of US$31.86 billion in January to a deficit of US$22.98 billion in February. The result is... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update: week ending 7 March, 2014

From

Investment markets and key developments over the past week While tensions regarding Ukraine saw shares dip and safe haven assets like bonds and gold rally early in the week, this... Read more continue reading

Government changes ‘strong argument’ to cut SMSF levy

From

Recent Government measures that oversaw the clearing of a backlog of tax amendments should allow the SMSF levy to be reduced substantially in the May Budget, says Jordan George, Senior Manager,... Read more continue reading

Comment from Threadneedle Investments on the effect of the Ukraine crisis on global markets

From

Commenting on the effect on global markets from the Ukraine crisis,Threadneedle Investments’ Chief Investment Officer Mark Burgess, said: “To date, the fallout from the Ukrainian crisis has been largely confined to the... Read more continue reading

RBA Governor promotes interest rate stability

From

Reserve Bank Governor Testimony The Reserve Bank Governor has delivered testimony to the House of Representatives Economics Committee. The Governor has delivered his clearest statement yet that the economy is... Read more continue reading

Inspiring Change in Financial Advice

From

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Inspire (AFA Inspire) initiative is throwing its support behind International Women’s Day this weekend in order to encourage women in the wider community to... Read more continue reading

Trade Balance – January 2014

From

The January trade surplus surged to $1433mn, following a smaller December surplus of $591mn. Exports of goods and services rose by 3.7% over January while imports lifted by 0.8%.  Export... Read more continue reading

Good year for Aussie Private Equity Market

From

FY 14 deals already surpass entire FY13 The value of Australian based private equity deals this financial year has already surpassed the total value of deals completed in FY 2013.... Read more continue reading