Aikya Investment Management secures first institutional mandate

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Aikya Investment Management (Aikya) is pleased to announce the signing of an Emerging Markets investment mandate with legalsuper. The A$170m mandate to the Aikya Global Emerging Markets Strategy is the... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 20 November, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While the US S&P 500 fell slightly over the last week on the back of rising new coronavirus cases and tightening... Read more continue reading

Retirement Income Review throws welcome light on superannuation

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The SMSF Association welcomes the Retirement Income Review – a significant report that will provide policy evidence for the superannuation industry for many years to come. Association CEO John Maroney... Read more continue reading

Australia to lead the world in provision of home equity as the third pillar of retirement funding

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Household Capital welcomes last week’s release of the Retirement Income Review. Household Capital is Australia’s leading provider of home equity retirement funding. Since launching in 2019, HouseholdCapital has seen a... Read more continue reading

AMP partnership with Good Shepherd supporting Australians in financial hardship

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A new partnership between AMP and financial wellbeing specialist Good Shepherd is providing meaningful support to clients experiencing hardship just weeks after its launch. The partnership provides AMP clients experiencing... Read more continue reading

Quantifeed secures Series B+ funding round led by Franklin Templeton

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Quantifeed, Asia’s leading provider of digital wealth management solutions, with presence in Australia as well, has completed a Series B+ funding round. The investment is led by Franklin Templeton (NYSE: BEN), one of... Read more continue reading

Blackmore Capital Blended Australian Equities Fund rated ‘Strong’

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Australia Ratings Analytics (Australia Ratings) has assigned an investment rating of ‘STRONG’ to the Blackmore Capital Blended Australian Equities Fund (the Fund). A Product Complexity Indicator of ‘GREEN’ has also been assigned... Read more continue reading

US equity markets are close enough to historic highs. Are things really that good?

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Equity markets appear to have convinced themselves that a Biden Presidency with a Democratic House and a Republican Senate is a ‘goldilocks’ scenario. Certainly, encouraging news on the vaccine front... Read more continue reading

SMSF Association appoints Michael Houlihan Vice Chair

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The SMSF Association has appointed Michael Houlihan as its new Vice Chair. Houlihan, who joined the Board in June 2019, will replace Robin Bowerman, who retired from the Board yesterday... Read more continue reading

Job market: Light in the tunnel gets brighter  

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Labour Force Employment rose by 178,800 in October (survey forecast: -27,500) after falling by an upwardly-revised  42,500 jobs in September (previously reported as a 29,500 fall in jobs). Full-time jobs... Read more continue reading