RBA August Board Meeting: Caged doves?

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In somewhat of a surprise decision, the RBA Board today persisted with the July meeting decision to taper bond purchases from September. The Board seemed to place a lot of... Read more continue reading

AMP Bank bolsters support for brokers and advisers with key appointment

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AMP Bank has announced the appointment of Paul Herbert as Head of Intermediary Distribution and Governance, joining 3 August 2021, bolstering AMP’s support for the broker channel. Mr Herbert is... Read more continue reading

Listings mixed over July – Sydney new listings dive on lockdown by lockdown

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Key points National residential property listings rose in July 2021 by 1.1% to 238,834 from 236,218 in June. Compared to 12 months ago, listings dropped 23.6%. Nationally, new listings (Less... Read more continue reading

DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund added to AMP MyNorth and CFS FirstWrap

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One of Australia’s leading equities manager, DNR Capital, has announced the inclusion of the DNR Capital Australian Emerging Companies Fund[1], to AMP’s flagship wrap platform,  MyNorth and Colonial First State’s... Read more continue reading

HLB Mann Judd strengthens risk advisory expertise

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National accounting and business advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney has announced business advisory director, Matthew Levesque-Hocking, has been approved as a Registered Liquidator. Registered liquidators act in a fiduciary... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees launches global active ETF fund

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Responding to strong demand from investors, Equity Trustees has partnered with Eight Bays Investment Management to create a new global fund that uses passive ETFs in an active way. The... Read more continue reading

Principal launches tailored EMD fund for Australian institutional market

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Principal Global Investors®, a leading asset management firm with over US$576.8 billion in assets under management, today announced the launch of its new, total return emerging market debt (EMD) Fund... Read more continue reading

Higher oil prices, but energy sector at 2-month low

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Job ads; Oil market update; Inflation gauge What happened? Crude oil prices rose by 2.5-3 per cent last week. And the key Singapore regional gasoline price is now not far... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 30 July, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Despite some concerns about Chinese regulatory tightening early in the week and ongoing worries about coronavirus US and European shares rose... Read more continue reading

FPA repeats its calls for the Government to review the implementation of the ASIC levy at yesterday’s Senate hearing

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FPA CEO Dante De Gori CFP®, and FPA Head of Policy, Strategy and Innovation Ben Marshan CFP®, appeared before the House Economic Committee yesterday, to provide an update on current issues... Read more continue reading