Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund hits five-year milestone as investor appetite for global small and mid-cap continues to rise

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Global equities boutique manager Bell Asset Management has hit a key milestone with its global small and mid-cap strategy, Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund (Fund), reaching a five-year track record... Read more continue reading

Consumer confidence hits 9-week high

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RBA Board meeting minutes; Consumer confidence; CBA Household spending intentions What happened? The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board released the minutes of its September 7 meeting. At the meeting,... Read more continue reading

Warakirri appoints Research Relationships Manager

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Multi-boutique funds manager Warakirri Asset Management has announced the internal appointment of Tim Lang to the newly created role of Research Relationships Manager. Mr. Lang was appointed to the role... Read more continue reading

Eiger’s Australian Small Companies Fund awarded Highly Recommended rating by Lonsec

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Specialist Australian small cap investor Eiger Capital has had the rating of its Eiger Australian Small Companies Fund upgraded to Highly Recommended by Lonsec[1]. Eiger Capital was founded in March... Read more continue reading

Major education partnerships announced to enhance SMSF Professionalism

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The SMSF Association has announced two new major education pathways for its coveted SMSF Specialist Advisor designation (SSATM). The SMSF Association has entered into new partnership agreements with Kaplan Professional... Read more continue reading

T. Rowe Price appoints new Head of Institutional for Australia and New Zealand

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Global investment firm T. Rowe Price had announced the appointment of Craig Hurt as its new Head of Institutional for Australia and New Zealand, effective October 5.  Hurt’s leadership appointment... Read more continue reading

Daintree Capital launches first single unit bank hybrid fund

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Daintree Capital (Daintree), a specialist in building global hybrid and fixed income portfolios and part of the Perennial Group, has announced the launch of a new global bank hybrid fund... Read more continue reading

Many wealth managers not fully prepared for end of lock-downs

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Australia’s wealth management industry is preparing for the end of lock-downs, with leaders striving to return to ‘normal’. But they should be doing more, much more, cautions two industry consultants.... Read more continue reading

AMP delivers further super fee reductions for members

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AMP has announced that it will be delivering further fee reductions for superannuation members, driven by its ongoing program to simplify its super business. Effective from 1 October 2021, AMP’s... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 17 September, 2021

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Investment markets Global shares were mixed over the last week with US and Japanese shares up, European shares flat and Chinese shares down. US shares were helped by stronger than... Read more continue reading