Weekly market & economic update – week ending 2 May, 2014

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 Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week was mixed for share markets. US, European and Japanese shares rose slightly on the back of mostly good... Read more continue reading

FSC supports rise in preservation age: Commission of Audit Report

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The Financial Services Council has today supported the Commission of Audit’s recommendation to reduce the gap between the preservation age and Age Pension to five years. John Brogden, CEO of... Read more continue reading

NAB Wealth to refund customers after Navigator platform error

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NAB Wealth will refund customers after it discovered during a review that some of its Navigator platform customers had incorrectly been compensated after an investment income error. NAB Wealth discovered... Read more continue reading

Perpetual Private appoints Kyle Lidbury as Head of Investment Research

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Perpetual Private announced yesterday the appointment of Kyle Lidbury as Head of Investment Research. In this role, Mr Lidbury will be responsible for managing Perpetual Private’s multi-manager product and the... Read more continue reading

ECP Asset Management expands team and national reach in response to increasing investor demand

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Boutique Australian equities manager, ECP Asset Management has announced that it has established its national office in Sydney.  The top quartile performer has also announced that Andrew Dale will join the investment team as a Portfolio Manager in the... Read more continue reading

FATCA agreement gets thumbs up from SPAA

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) welcomes the decision reached between the US and Australian governments to exclude self-managed super funds and superannuation from the United States’ Foreign Account Tax... Read more continue reading

21 great investment quotes

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Introduction Investing can be scary and confusing at times. But the basic principles of successful investing are timeless and quotes from some experts help illuminate these. This note looks at... Read more continue reading

Nominations Open for 2014 AFA Excellence in Education Award

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling for nominations for the seventh AFA Excellence in Education Award (the Award), to be presented in October at the AFA National Conference... Read more continue reading

Perpetual Investments hires Head of Diversified Strategies

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Perpetual Investments announced yesterday the appointment of Michael O’Dea as Head of Diversified Strategies. Mr O’Dea will join Perpetual Investments in late May from JANA where he is currently Head... Read more continue reading

The Road to the Federal Budget

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Economic & Financial market analysis Federal Budget: The Federal Budget will be handed down on May 13. This note looks at the current state of the economy ahead of the handing... Read more continue reading