S&P downgrades Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Equity Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has removed from ‘On Hold’ and lowered to four stars from five stars its rating on the Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Equity fund (CEF). We placed the... Read more continue reading

Centuria expands team with Marketing & Distribution Manager

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Centuria Capital today had pleasure in announcing another senior appointment – that of Anne Hamieh as manager of Marketing and Distribution – Financial Services. Ms Hamieh is already known to... Read more continue reading

Financial Planning Association to advertise consumer ‘trust mark’ for good financial advice

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Australia’s peak association for professional financial planning, the Financial Planning Association (FPA), has earmarked a September launch of a new national advertising campaign aimed at highlighting the professional credentials of... Read more continue reading

PIMCO’s bond funds outperform shares over 10 years

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Over the long term, in particular the last decade, Australian bonds generated solid returns for investors, which were higher than returns generated by riskier assets like Australian shares, according to... Read more continue reading

Certitude partners with Threadneedle Investments in Australia to meet investors’ growing demand for global equities

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International asset manager Threadneedle Investments and Australian provider Certitude Global Investments (Certitude) have announced an exclusive partnership with Certitude to manage and distribute the Threadneedle Global Equity Fund targeted to retail... Read more continue reading

RBA mulls over multi-speed economy

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The latest Reserve Bank minutes revealed that Board members remain generally optimistic about the medium term outlook, but in the near term the domestic economy seems to be facing some... Read more continue reading

Increasing demand for inflation-linked bonds in Australia

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Investment manager Omega Global Investors predicts the demand for Australian and international inflation-linked bonds will steadily increase over the next decade, with both markets recording recent strong returns.   “Institutional investors... Read more continue reading

Principal Global Investors Central Bank Research July 2011

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Principal Global Investors’ Central Bank Research for July 2011 examines current and expected interest rate policy at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European... Read more continue reading

Fidelity The Only Five-Star Manager In S&P’s Australian Equities Large-Cap Growth/GARP Peer Group

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released its Growth/GARP (growth at a reasonable price) peer group as part of its Australian-Equities Large-Cap sector review. Fidelity was the only manager to... Read more continue reading

Lonsec releases its Australian Equity Long/Short Sector Review

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Lonsec’s review of the Australian Equity Long/Short sector encompassed 12 funds across a diverse range of products,  which Lonsec has broadly categorised as either ‘beta 1’ or ‘variable beta’. Lin... Read more continue reading