TAL adds additional Risk Academy FASEA Exam Masterclasses to keep up with adviser demand

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TAL, a leading Australian life insurance specialist, has reported strong uptake of its Risk Academy Masterclasses designed to help financial advisers prepare for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 26 July, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets rose over the last week helped along by positive news on trade, a deal to resolve the US debt... Read more continue reading

CommSec Research: State of the States July 2019

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Overall Results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading

Reserve Bank defends inflation target

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Reserve Bank Governor speech Reserve Bank Governor speech: Governor Lowe delivered a speech titled “Inflation targeting and Economic Welfare.” Speeches from the Reserve Bank Governor can provide guidance on interest... Read more continue reading

Beware of income investing trap

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With official cash rates and bond yields plumbing all-time lows, investors of all types are increasingly looking for dividend payments as a replacement for regular income from term deposits and/or... Read more continue reading

Bell Asset Management hits three-year milestone with Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund

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Global equities boutique manager, Bell Asset Management (BAM), has hit a key milestone with its Global Small and Mid-Cap offering, Bell Global Emerging Companies Fund, reaching a 3-year track record.... Read more continue reading

Eureka Whittaker Macnaught acquires Warren McHattan practice

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Leading financial planning firm, Eureka Whittaker Macnaught, has acquired Warren McHattan’s financial planning practice at Parramatta in Sydney’s greater west. Both businesses are licensed through Financial Wisdom Limited, and this... Read more continue reading

AFA releases 2019 conference program

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has released its program of speakers for the 2019 AFA Conference in Adelaide in August. Joining the former foreign minister, the Hon. Julie Bishop... Read more continue reading

Markets sending contradictory signals: GSFM

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The investing landscape will remain uncertain for the remainder of 2019, with bond and equity markets seemingly sending contradictory signals, according to GSFM and its fund manager partners Munro Partners,... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital updates ethical superannuation funds

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AMP Capital has announced a series of updates to its ethical superannuation funds including a new fund name – AMP Capital Ethical Leaders – enhanced investment screens and the launch... Read more continue reading