Fidelity appoints sales manager for Queensland advice market

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Fidelity International has appointed Benjamin Lucas as regional sales manager, QLD.  Mr Lucas is based in Brisbane and reports to Simon Glazier, head of Fidelity’s wholesale sales team. Mr Lucas has... Read more continue reading

QMV appoints new CEO 

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Financial services consulting firm QMV has appointed Marcus Pearl to the newly created role of chief executive officer.  Mr Pearl will report to the QMV board of directors and will be... Read more continue reading

Australia’s retirees may determine the federal election outcome

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Australian retirees have had enough of lacklustre leadership and plan to take their vote away from the major parties, interim data from the latest survey of older Australians shows. At... Read more continue reading

Vacancy rates record first rise in 2022

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SQM Research has revealed national residential property rental vacancy rates rose to 1.1% in April 2022, from 1% in the month of March. The total number of rental vacancies Australia-wide... Read more continue reading

Schroders appoints Equities investment director

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Schroders has appointed Anne-Sophie Williams as investment director to its Equities product team. She will report to head of product and solutions, Natalie Morcos, and will be based in Sydney.... Read more continue reading

Copia signs distribution agreement with Mutual Limited

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Copia Investment Partners has announced an Australian distribution partnership with Mutual Limited, an independently owned Melbourne-based cash, credit and fixed income investment manager with $2.5 billion in assets under management.... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 13 May, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets fell again over the last week with ongoing worries about monetary tightening to combat high inflation driving a possible recession. The plunge in... Read more continue reading

K2 Asset Management appoints State Street to Administer Australia’s first physically backed Bitcoin ETF

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K2 Asset Management has announced the appointment of State Street Australia Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), as the fund administrator and custodian in Australia... Read more continue reading

Updated Global Market Outlook: slower economic growth to collide with inflation spike

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State Street Global Advisors has released its latest Global Market Outlook. A challenging combination of elevated inflation and softening growth demands vigilance from investors. As central banks accelerate monetary policy... Read more continue reading

Central bank conundrum

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Summary US April CPI: Still a high wire act for the US Federal Reserve (the Fed). A higher than expected CPI keeps maximum pressure on the Fed. Real interest rates (including the... Read more continue reading