Lonsec awards ‘Recommended’ rating to Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund

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Independent investment research house, Lonsec, has awarded a ‘Recommended’ rating to the Apostle Dundas Global Equity Fund (the Fund). The Fund is focused on sustainable dividends from long-term investment in... Read more continue reading

Australia not immune from Covid-19’s debt impact as government borrowing soars in 2020

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Focus on Australia Australian government debt jumped by US$163 billion (AU$211 billion) in 2020, equivalent to Hong Kong’s entire national debt The increase sees Australia jump two levels higher to... Read more continue reading

Petrol prices ease for school runs; Second strongest home sales since 2004

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Petrol Prices; New home sales; Used vehicle market Fuel prices: Last week the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 1.6 cents a litre to 142.8 cents per litre... Read more continue reading

MLC Life Insurance makes new GM Finance appointments

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MLC Life Insurance has made two senior appointments to its finance team. Lesley Mamelok takes on the new role of General Manager, Finance & Deputy CFO while Robert Baillie takes... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 16 April, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Japanese shares fell -0.3% over the last week and Chinese shares lost -1.4%, US shares rose 1.4% to a new... Read more continue reading

Gate Capital selects Equity Trustees for launch of The Written Fund

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Gate Capital has selected Equity Trustees to provide UCITS Management Company services for its latest offering, The Written Fund. The Fund was launched on the Equity Trustees’ Irish domiciled UCITS... Read more continue reading

ASIC extends temporary financial advice relief measure in COVID-19 instrument

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ASIC has announced that it will extend one of three temporary relief measures designed to help the financial advice industry provide consumers with affordable and timely advice during the COVID-19... Read more continue reading

Virgin Money Australia shakes up the market with new digital bank

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Virgin Money Australia (Virgin Money) has lifted the lid on its hotly anticipated digital bank, which will set the new standard for Australian banking-customer relationships. A new loyalty program, Virgin... Read more continue reading

Fidante Partners and Impax Asset Management agree distribution partnership in Australia and New Zealand

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Fidante Partners (Fidante) has welcomed global sustainability specialists Impax Asset Management (Impax) to its stable of strategic partners, signing on as distribution partner for Impax in Australia and New Zealand.... Read more continue reading

National rental vacancy rate rases in March

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SQM Research has revealed the national residential rental vacancy rate rose to 2.1% over the month of March 2021 from 2.0% in February. The total number of vacancies Australia-wide is... Read more continue reading