Weekly market update – week ending 17 July, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week US, European and Japanese share markets rose over the past week as positive news on vaccines and mostly good economic data... Read more continue reading

Charter Hall’s Direct Industrial Fund enhances portfolio with $88 million Western Sydney industrial acquisition

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Charter Hall Direct is pleased to announce that the Direct Industrial Fund No.4 (DIF4) has acquired 130-170 Andrews Road, Penrith in Sydney for $88 million, as part of a portfolio... Read more continue reading

FASEA formalises three month CPD relief for advisers in recognition of COVID-19 business disruption

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FASEA has registered the 2020 Legislative Instrument and Explanatory Statement for its Corporations (Relevant Providers Continuing Professional Development Standard) Determination (Amendment) 2020 on the Federal Register of Legislation. This Instrument... Read more continue reading

Prime Value Emerging Opportunities Fund tops Mercer table as defensive focus rewarded

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‘Boring is beautiful’ for the Prime Value Emerging Opportunities Fund, which has topped Mercer’s Australian Small Companies (ex-ASX100) survey for the year to 30 June 2020, in its first year... Read more continue reading

MFS Prudent Capital Trust added to Netwealth Platform

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MFS Investment Management® is pleased to announce that its MFS Prudent Capital Trust is now available to Australian advisors and their clients through the Netwealth platform. The trust follows a... Read more continue reading

China economy: Coronavirus comeback kid

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Chinese economic data Chinese economic growth: The Chinese economy (GDP) expanded by 11.5 per cent in the June quarter (consensus: +9.6 per cent) after a 10 per cent contraction in... Read more continue reading

Fees reduced for RARE Infrastructure Funds; technical changes to sector classifications

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RARE Infrastructure, a leading listed infrastructure manager, is reducing the fees to its suite of global listed infrastructure funds. “We are bringing scale and efficiency benefits to investors by removing... Read more continue reading

10 interesting charts right now – COVID-19 edition

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Is government debt bad or good? What it means The government fiscal response to COVID-19 and the associated forced shut-down of the economy has been significant. In our view, there... Read more continue reading

New appointment bolsters Evans & Partners distribution strategy

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Evans & Partners, a leading wealth advisory and asset management business, today announced the appointment of Charlie Wapshott as Head of Distribution for the International Equity Fund. In this role... Read more continue reading

Australian Actuaries Climate Index shows a lull in extreme events but a persistent trend in overall climate

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Key points The weather has largely returned to typical levels in Australia after a period of extremely destructive bushfires and storms. While the record-breaking extreme high temperatures, dryness and rainfall... Read more continue reading