First currency-based Exchange Traded Fund launched in Australia

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The ASX Group (ASX) announces the launch today of the first exchange traded fund (ETF) over currency to be traded on the Australian Securities Exchange. The currency ETF will track... Read more continue reading

Threadneedle Investment Award offers Asia Pacific graduates £20,000 scholarship to London’s Cass Business School

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Australian students encouraged to enter global competition As a new corporate partner of Cass Business School, international asset management company Threadneedle has challenged students to address economic dilemmas faced around... Read more continue reading

BetaShares launches Australia’s first currency ETF

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BetaShares U.S. Dollar ETF ASX code: USD ETF tracks performance of US$ relative to the A$ Simple structure opens up foreign exchange markets to retail investors at wholesale rates For... Read more continue reading

Home prices at 18-month lows

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Home prices Capital city home prices rose by 0.2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in December after falling by 0.1 per cent in November according to the RP Data-Rismark... Read more continue reading

Aviva Investors receives fund management licence for Singapore

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Aviva Investors today announced that it has received a Capital Markets Services Licence in Fund Management from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The licence allows Aviva Investors to provide... Read more continue reading

Zenith 2011 Small Cap Australian Equities Review Rates 12 Funds ‘Recommended’

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Zenith Investment Partners Pty Ltd (Zenith) Investment Analyst Angela Burmeister has announced the completion of the Small Cap Australian Equities Review, and confirmed from a base of 44 funds, 3... Read more continue reading

The Tides of Change

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Advisers optimistic in the face of reform Financial advisers have the determination and ability to adapt and grow despite ongoing industry changes, according to research released yesterday by the Association... Read more continue reading

AFA White Paper: The Tides of Change

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Editors Note The AFA, in partnership with NAB Financial Planner Banking, commissioned the “Tides of Change” research to better understand the current mindset of advisers and to understand their views... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update 28 January 2011

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Headline developments The Australian Government announced that it needs around $5.6bn to help rebuild flood affected areas and that it will source $1.8bn of this from a temporary levy on... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital expands Multi Asset Group capability with new hires

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AMP Capital Investors continues to build capability within its Multi Asset Group with the appointment of two senior hires, Debbie Alliston as Head of Portfolio Management and Silvana Lau as... Read more continue reading