AMP Bank reduces interest rates across all variable rate home loans

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  AMP Bank has reduced its interest rates for new and existing customers across all variable rate home loans by 25 basis points.    The AMP Bank standard variable home... Read more continue reading

Demand grows for FoFA-ready, non-conflicted investment solutions

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Demand for simple, conflict free portfolio construction services has seen specialist investment management group Select Asset Management (Select) build strong momentum for its ‘FoFA ready’ Customised Portfolio Solutions (CPS). Select... Read more continue reading

Interest rates hit 53 year lows

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The Reserve Bank Board has cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent. Equivalent official interest rates were last at these levels in 1959/60.The next RBA Board... Read more continue reading

SPAA appoints new head of education

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Liz Ward its new Head of Education Services.    SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery says: “There are a number of regulators’ registration... Read more continue reading

ASIC concerns lead to insurance comparison website changes

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ASIC concerns about potentially misleading content on the insurance comparison website of JustEzi Pty Ltd (JustEzi) has led to the removal of online material. ASIC’s concerns arose from a comparison... Read more continue reading

Certitude announces new fund to meet growing demand for credit

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Australian global investment provider Certitude Global Investments (Certitude) and leading US investment manager, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC’s (Columbia Management), has announced an exclusive partnership to manage and distribute Columbia Management’s... Read more continue reading

The Australian dollar – the best is behind it

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The attached edition of Oliver’s Insights takes a look at the outlook for the Australian dollar. The key points are as follows: After doubling in value against the $US over the last... Read more continue reading

New sales head for HUB24

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Senior platform industry executive Wes Gillett has joined HUB24 as Head of Product and Distribution to further reposition the listed platform business to leverage its leading investment and superannuation platform... Read more continue reading

Investing in Emerging Markets

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With the global emerging markets landscape changing rapidly, disparities among investment returns are growing quickly as well – making the choice of the right market exposure more critical than ever,... Read more continue reading

CommSec Investor Snapshot: Interest rates are low, but how low?

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Reserve Bank Board makes its decision today: Most economists expect no change in interest rates. How low are interest rates? Currently the official cash rate stands at 3.00 per cent... Read more continue reading