Oliver’s Insights: has the $A disconnected from fundamentals?

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the rebound and ongoing strength in the Australian dollar and the debate about whether the RBA should intervene directly to limit its strength.... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital expands global infrastructure team

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AMP Capital has made senior appointments to its global infrastructure team. Manish Aggarwal has been appointed as Investment and Operations Director, based in London. Mr Aggarwal is responsible for a... Read more continue reading

How can your clients keep track of their spending?

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ASIC’s 2012 spending clock estimates the average Australian household will spend $69,166 on general living costs in 2012. This amounts to $1,290 per week [1]. Yet only 54% of people... Read more continue reading

Australia CFD report

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Investment Trends’ annual CFD Report is based on the largest survey of investors conducted in Australia each year. Key findings of annual Investment Trends Australia Contracts for Difference (CFD) Report:... Read more continue reading

PM Capital appoints Head of Distribution

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Following on from PM Capitals recent announcement of a distribution agreement with Zurich for the Global Equity Income Fund, the boutique investment firm is also looking to further develop its... Read more continue reading

Olympic medals…seasonally adjusted

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On a per capita (per person) basis, Grenada could be judged the most successful at the Olympics with the best ratio of medals per person (I per 105,000 people). Jamaica... Read more continue reading

Principal Global Investors 2012 Central Bank Watch

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Principal Global Investors has today released the Central Bank Watch for August 2012 which analyses current and expected interest rate policy at the Reserve Bank of Australia and abroad. The... Read more continue reading

Adviser-accountant showdown over FoFA misguided

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Suggestions of a turf war between financial planners and accountants as a result of Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms are misguided and inaccurate, according to Alex Malley, CEO of... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic & market update

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The news on the policy front out of Europe over the past week has been pretty quite. ECB officials have reaffirmed their determination to act and its clear the ECB... Read more continue reading

Certitude leading the pack in new financial year

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Certitude Global Investments (Certitude), a leading provider of global asset management skill, today announced a significant expansion of its team with three new appointments in its Sydney office. Craig Francis... Read more continue reading