IPO Wealth appoints Chief Executive Officer

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Australian investment manager, IPO Wealth, has appointed Ewan Laughlin as Chief Executive Officer. Mr Laughlin will oversee IPO Wealth’s next phase of growth, with the investment manager recently reaching over... Read more continue reading

Inflation: No room for complacency

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Consumer price index  Inflation: The Consumer Price Index – the main measure of inflation in Australia – rose by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter, above expectations. In seasonally adjusted... Read more continue reading

Implications from the ALRC Report: Contingency fees need to be supported by appropriate safeguards

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Commenting on the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) Final Report to the Federal Attorney-General on the “Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation Funders’, Head of Legal at Honan... Read more continue reading

Algo trading uptick pushes Liquidnet Australia to a record year

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Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, reached a new record for volume traded in the Australian market in 2018. Local and international asset managers exchanged via Liquidnet a total of... Read more continue reading

Trump, Tech and Trade

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China 2025 is perceived as an existential threat to US commercial and technological leadership. This raises the risk that the Trump administration could conclude that its best response is to... Read more continue reading

Class research casts SMSF costs in better light

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The significance of the research report by the SMSF administrator Class into the cost structure of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) cannot be understated, says SMSF Association CEO John Maroney. The nine-page... Read more continue reading

Moneytree and Roll-it Super establish fintech partnership for data aggregation solution

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Leading financial data aggregation platform Moneytree and Australia’s first independent choice-of-fund service for employees Roll-it Super, has announced a partnership that will allow users of Roll-it Super to view all their financial accounts across... Read more continue reading

Perennial Microcap Opportunities Trust added to IOOF Pursuit Platform

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The Perennial Value Microcap Opportunities Trust has been added to the IOOF Pursuit platform, providing investors with access to some of Australia’s fastest growing companies. The Trust invests in a... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees appointed trustee to Federation Asset Management: Newly launched with renewable energy in its sights

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Federation Asset Management (Federation) has appointed Australia’s market leading independent funds governance specialists, Equity Trustees, to act as trustee and responsible entity of the Federation Alternative Assets Trust. Launching in September... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 25 January, 2019

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets pulled back a bit over the last week on the back of trade and growth worries, but the... Read more continue reading