Centrepoint returns to profit

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Centrepoint Alliance Limited (Centrepoint) has reported pre-tax profit of $2.2m, up 229% on the prior corresponding period with overall revenues increasing by 2% to $27.4m. The Premium Funding division had... Read more continue reading

Blue Sky opens Melbourne office

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Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited  has opened a new Melbourne office to build on the company’s continued growth in assets under management and investor demand. Laz Siapantas has been appointed as Blue Sky’s... Read more continue reading

Assessing risk: low probability, high impact events

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Risk is a word that generally tends to be thought of in a negative light. However, in the investment world risk is a necessary part of investing and cannot be... Read more continue reading

A comment on Ukraine

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Worries about Ukraine have adversely affected share markets yesterday (US S&P futures -0.8%, ASX 200 -0.5%,). The Ukrainian economy is too small and its problems too specific to have a... Read more continue reading

AMP Chairman Peter Mason to retire after a decade of service Simon McKeon to become Chairman

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AMP Limited yesterday announced that Mr Peter Mason AM will retire from the AMP Limited Board, after eight years as Chairman and more than 10 years as a Director, at... Read more continue reading

Nikko Asset Management Wins Asia Pacific Equity ETF Management Firm award for fourth year in the last five

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Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM), a related entity of Tyndall Investment Management Limited (Tyndall AM), has been named the Best Asia Pacific Equity ETF Manager at the 2014 ETF Express Awards, the... Read more continue reading

The Federal Reserve is many things

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Ben Bernanke on January 28 and 29 presided over his last policy-setting meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve, before leaving the central bank two days later. As expected, the... Read more continue reading

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