Weekly market & economic update – week ending 28 February, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week It’s been another somewhat mixed week for global and Australian shares as indexes flirt with post GFC highs and the situation... Read more continue reading

First Financial joins BT Select

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BT Select is pleased to announce Melbourne-based wealth management business First Financial will join BT Select. This follows a competitive review of business service providers undertaken by First Financial. First... Read more continue reading

Retirement – it’s not just about the money

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Many Australians may have unrealistic expectations of retirement, according to financial adviser and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)’s 2012 Female Excellence in Advice Award winner, Christine Hornery. “The word... Read more continue reading

Leading Chief Investment Officer joins boutique wealth management firm

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Creating a new chapter in the Australian wealth management model Bennelong Wealth Partners, Bennelong Group’s wealth management business, today announced the appointment of Dr. George Nassios to the key role... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees expands asset management team

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Listed financial services company Equity Trustees Limited has created the position of investment portfolio manager in its asset management business, and appointed James Buckley to the role. Mr Buckley will... Read more continue reading

Are developed economies facing “secular stagnation”?

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Larry Summers, former economic adviser to the White House and Harvard professor, was Barack Obama’s first pick to be the new head of the Federal Reserve. Democrats blocked his ascension... Read more continue reading

SPAA announces new chair, deputy chair

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed a new chair and deputy chair. Peter Crump steps up from deputy chair, a position he has held since 2012, to... Read more continue reading

Future2 maps new route and sets dates for 5th cycling fundraiser

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The 2014 Future2 Wheel Classic – the annual long-distance cycling event that is now an established part of the foundation’s fundraising calendar – will follow a new route from Melbourne... Read more continue reading

OneVue purchases MAP Funds Management

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Wholesale SMSF solutions provider OneVue has purchased super trustee MAP Funds Management, a move OneVue has described as a strategic transaction ahead of its proposed listing on the Australian Stock... Read more continue reading

The US reinvents itself, yet again!

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Key points The US economy is yet again reinventing itself. This has been helped along by a determination to get the US economy moving again after the global financial crisis... Read more continue reading