AMP Capital secures A$177 million fixed income mandate

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AMP Capital has won an A$177 million fixed income mandate from Advance, a specialist asset management business with BT Financial Group. The mandate will form part of the Advance Australian... Read more continue reading

Financial Planning Week 2012

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is proud to celebrate its 12th consecutive Financial Planning Week (FP Week). FP Week is an annual initiative of the FPA and, this year, will... Read more continue reading

S&P’s 2012 Fixed Interest sector review – a difficult year for active managers

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has released its report outlining the key findings and themes from the 2012 review of the fixed interest peer group. The report covers a diverse number... Read more continue reading

Mellon Capital reduces growth expectation for US economy

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Mellon Capital Management Corporation, the San Francisco-based global multi-asset manager for BNY Mellon, has reduced its projection for US economic growth during 2012 to 2.4 percent from its previous projection... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update

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Global interest rates cuts but disappointing economic data and the renewal of European concerns dominated financial markets last week. America’s payrolls report for June was soft with only +80,000 new... Read more continue reading

CFP® certification opens doors to more opportunities

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Enrolment for the second intake of 2012 in the Certified Financial Planner® Certification Program closes on July 13, 2012. World-renowned, the CFP designation is shared by 5,500 Australian professional financial... Read more continue reading

Retail stimulus

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Retail spending rose by 0.5 per cent in May after lifting by an upwardly revised 0.1 per cent in April. Annual spending growth rose from 2.4 per cent to 3.5... Read more continue reading

S&P releases ratings on AXA North Structured Products

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has today released its ratings on the AMP-owned AXA North Protected Growth and Protected Investment Guarantee as well as the Protected Retirement Guarantee (PRG) products.... Read more continue reading

Lonsec’s 2012 Infrastructure Securities Sector Review

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Lonsec’s 2012 Infrastructure Securities Sector Review encompassed one Australian and six global infrastructure securities funds, as well as one hybrid infrastructure fund. “Our increased conviction in management teams has resulted... Read more continue reading

Market outlook after a rough financial year

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Unfortunately, the past financial year has been disappointing for investors exposed to shares, with global shares returning -2.1% in local currency terms and Australian shares returning -6.7% as worries about... Read more continue reading