Islamic Finance Forum provides opportunity to tap ME capital

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An Islamic investment forum being held in Melbourne on April 16 will give Australian companies the opportunity to directly tap capital from the Middle East and other Islamic countries. The... Read more continue reading

Paradice launches first retail fund

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Paradice Investment Management has launched its first fund for Australian retail investors, the Paradice Global Small Mid Cap Fund. Paradice has operated the underlying strategy since August 2010 in the... Read more continue reading

One minute update:Population lifts, inflation & borrowing subdued

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A raft of new economic data was released just before Easter. What do the figures show? The TD Securities/Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge rose by 0.2 per cent in March to... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic & market update

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Europe continued to cause concerns for investors over the past week with Cyprus getting a new bailout deal but fears that it still sets precedents for future bank bailouts and... Read more continue reading

Is risk just another four letter word?

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Specialist research house Lonsec has highlighted risk as a key theme emerging from its most recent review of the Global Equity Funds sector.  Since the GFC, risk – or investor... Read more continue reading

ASIC finalises regulatory framework for trading Commonwealth G’vt Securities

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ASIC has amended existing market integrity rules and related guidance to help with the introduction of retail trading of Commonwealth Government Securities (CGS) depository interests on the Australian Securities Exchange.... Read more continue reading

Threadneedle: March economic and market update

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Towards the end of 2012, we witnessed the negative impact that political battles can have on economic activity. Concern over the outcome of the fiscal cliff negotiations in the US... Read more continue reading

Centuria bolsters property fund team with senior appointment

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Centuria Capital’s (ASX:CNI) property funds management subsidiary, Centuria Property Funds has announced further growth to the team with the appointment of Andrew Essey as National Leasing Manager. Mr Essey will... Read more continue reading

FPA: more Australians seeking financial advice

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New figures released by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) shows that the number of Australians seeking financial advice is significantly increasing.    Over 26,000 Australians used the Find a Planner... Read more continue reading

Instreet bullish on equities as it celebrates its fifth anniversary

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The boutique fund manager Instreet Investment is celebrating its fifth anniversary, having raised more than $500 million of assets under management for its own and third party products during one... Read more continue reading