Keating’s “longevity levy” an unnecessary impost on the young when seniors already have wealth in family home

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A ‘longevity levy’ as proposed by former prime minister Paul Keating would be an unnecessary impost on the young given many senior Australians are already sitting on significant housing wealth,... Read more continue reading

Franklin Templeton Global Equity Strategy added to Netwealth

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Industry-leading investment and superannuation platform provider Netwealth (ASX: NWL) has added the Franklin Concentrated Global Equity Ex-Australia portfolio, a Separately Managed Account (SMA), to its Managed Account Service. Under the arrangement,... Read more continue reading

Global equities outlook for 2019

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With volatility rearing its head in October, the question remains as to whether this will normalise, or increase towards year end and into 2019. In the US, against a backdrop... Read more continue reading

Market leading global Legg Mason funds added to Macquarie Wrap

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Legg Mason has recently added two of its global funds, the Legg Mason QS Investors Global Equity Fund and the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund, on Macquarie Wrap,... Read more continue reading

AUB Group announces capital raising

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AUB Group Limited (ASX:AUB) has announced a $116 million capital raising in support of acquisition funding, further organic growth, and debt repayment. In AUB Group’s first equity capital raising since... Read more continue reading

Munro Partners’ expertise now available to Canadian Investors

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Munro Partners has partnered with one of Canada’s largest investment management firms, CI Investments (CI), to bring its global growth strategy to Canadian investors.  CI’s Munro Alternative Global Growth Fund... Read more continue reading

Interest rates may be set to fall: Quay Global Investors

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Contrary to the general consensus outlook, interest rates are probably set to fall as Australia’s household debt reaches an all-time high, according to principal and portfolio manager of Quay Global... Read more continue reading

Insight Investment launches country sustainability risk model for sovereign assessments

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Insight Investment, a leading global investment manager, has developed a country rating model to explore how environment, social and governance – ‘ESG’ factors – affect sovereign debt portfolios. Insight’s rating... Read more continue reading

Investment Trends 2018 Financial Advice Report

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Investment Trends has released its 2018 Financial Advice Report, an in-depth survey of the appetite and use of financial advice among Australian adults. The report, now in its eleventh year,... Read more continue reading

InvestSMART to offer Australian-first capped fees

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Digital wealth provider InvestSMART has announced an industry-first pricing model that will enable advisers to offer their clients access to diversified portfolios at a fraction of the cost. Using the... Read more continue reading