Investment Trends: Investor fear level returns in March

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After investor concern levels fell to a forty-one month low of 5.9 out of 10 in February, fear levels have bounced back to 6.3 in March against a backdrop of... 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

NMG Consulting joins forces with Tria Investment Partners

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Specialist financial services consultancies NMG Consulting and Tria Investment Partners have joined forces to create Australia’s premier insurance and wealth management consulting firm. NMG’s acquisition of Tria Investment Partners and... Read more continue reading

INVAST Securities sets sights on Australia

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One of Japan’s largest foreign exchange and CFD broker, INVAST Securities, is opening its first office external to Japan, choosing Sydney as the location from which to launch its global... Read more continue reading

ETFGI wins award for Best ETF Research Provider

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ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm providing services to the global exchange-traded fund (ETF) and exchange-traded product (ETP) industry, has been awarded Best ETF Research Provider in 2012 at... Read more continue reading

Interest rates: stability reigns

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The Reserve Bank Board has left the official cash rate at 3.00 per cent for the fourth straight month. The next RBA Board meeting is on May 7 2013. The... Read more continue reading

Burgess appointment a feather in SPAA’s cap

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The high regard in which the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) is held across the superannuation industry has been reaffirmed by AMP’s decision to recruit SPAA’s Technical Director, Peter... Read more continue reading

Morningstar wraps up Emerging Markets research

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Morningstar has released its Sector Wrap-Up for Asian equities and emerging markets equities funds, covering 18 strategies, nine in each asset class.  Key Findings We gave only one of the 18... Read more continue reading

AMP SMSF appoints Peter Burgess to new role

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AMP SMSF has added to its breadth of SMSF experts, appointing Peter Burgess to the new role of Head of Policy and Technical, commencing 10 April 2013. Mr Burgess, currently... Read more continue reading

Zenith rates NSW Waratah Annuity Bonds

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NSW Waratah Annuity Bonds – Series 5 (WAB) is designed to provide a regular, annuity style income stream over a defined term via a debenture issued by the NSW Treasury... Read more continue reading