Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund strategy added to Colonial First State FirstChoice Investment menu

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Global equities boutique manager, Bell Asset Management has announced that its Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund’s strategy (the strategy) has been added to the Colonial First State FirstChoice Investment menu.... Read more continue reading

2022 Financial Adviser Regulatory Agenda – Key dates and developments

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The collective sigh of relief from advisers, licensees, and industry associations when the calendar turned over to 2022 could be heard all around Australia. After the tumult of 2021, which... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States: January 2022

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Overall results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out. Now in its 13th year, the report also includes a section comparing annual growth... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 21 January, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets remained under pressure over the past week on the back of concerns about rising inflation, monetary tightening, Omicron and tensions with Russia... Read more continue reading

Zurich Australia announces leadership appointment to Life & Investments’ Group Insurance team

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Zurich Life & Investments has announced the appointment of Ahmad Racheha as Head of Digital and Member Engagement; a newly created senior leadership position within the Group Insurance team. Commencing... Read more continue reading

Nadine Lennie joins PrivateMarketsCo as Chief Financial Officer

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AMP Capital has announced the appointment of Nadine Lennie as Chief Financial Officer for PrivateMarketsCo, reporting to CEO, Shawn Johnson. Ms Lennie is a highly accomplished finance and governance executive... Read more continue reading

Inflation Q&A – how worried should investors be about higher inflation?

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Key points Inflation is placing increasing pressure on major central banks to remove monetary stimulus. Inflation & rising interest rates will likely contribute to more volatile & constrained investment returns... Read more continue reading

Younger Aussies stare down Omicron

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Consumer confidence; Building activity The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 2 per cent to a 16-month low of 102.2 in January. But sentiment – for surveyed Aussies... Read more continue reading

Stuart Eliot appointed Head of Portfolio Management for AMP’s Multi-Asset Group

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AMP has announced Stuart Eliot’s appointment as Head of Portfolio Management for its Multi-Asset Group (MAG), effective early April 2022. Working closely with AMP’s Chief Investment Officer, Anna Shelley, Stuart... Read more continue reading

American Century launches Global Small Cap Fund in Australia

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American Century Investments has reinforced its commitment to the Australian market with the launch of its American Century Global Small Cap Fund via a unit trust structure, making it available... Read more continue reading