State & territory economic performance report

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How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment, construction work done; population... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update

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China got the past week off to a bad start with growth coming in at 7.7% in the March quarter against expectations for 8% growth and industrial production and fixed... Read more continue reading

Fund managers heavily exposed to “quality” stocks

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The portfolios of Australian share fund managers are heavily biased towards the “quality” end of the share market, with only six out of 89 Australian share market strategies tracked by... Read more continue reading

IPA and SPAA sign collaboration agreement

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The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and the SMSF Professionals’ Association (SPAA) have reached agreement to work together in areas such as accreditation, advocacy, research and policy development, organisational efficiencies,... Read more continue reading

Maintaining a healthy SMSF sector – Improving the quality of advice

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ASIC has released Report 337 SMSFs: Improving the quality of advice given to investors. The report summarises the findings from the first major project undertaken by ASIC’s Self-managed superannuation fund... Read more continue reading

Humble Financial Services announces solution partnership

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Humble Financial Services has announced their solution partnership with Nimble. Nimble is a Social Business Platform that combines relationship management and social engagement into an affordable web-based solution.  It integrates... Read more continue reading

Exclusive arrangement offers choice & insight for self-directed investors

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An exclusive arrangement between the BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETF) business, iShares, and newly launched online community for investors, SelfWealth, will enable self-directed investors to view and follow portfolios created... Read more continue reading

Managed Funds start 2013 with mainly healthy returns

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Morningstar has released managed fund performance league tables for the first quarter of 2013. “The growth rally that started mid-way through last year continued into the first quarter of 2013,... Read more continue reading

Future2 Make the Difference! Grant program

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Since May 2007 Future2 has made grants totalling some $250,000 to community charities and not-for-profit bodies working with disadvantaged young Australians. Future2’s grants focus on the under 25s who may... Read more continue reading

Investors thinking global, not local, as record ETF inflows show

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A groundswell of local interest in offshore investing has seen nearly 70% of new funds invested in ASX-listed ETFs so far this year go into International Equities exposures. Mark Oliver,... Read more continue reading