Funds industry gets behind cancer research campaign

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Paul Costello, the founding chief executive of the $160 billion Future Fund, has celebrated his survival from lung, brain and liver cancer with a fund-raising effort for the Peter MacCallum... Read more continue reading

Insight Investment’s global economic outlook for the week ahead (week beginning 27 August 2018)

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The Jackson Hole symposium will be the main highlight this week in the USA in what will otherwise be a relatively light week for data This week’s calendar is relatively... Read more continue reading

New Ministers welcomed by SMSF Association

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The SMSF Association congratulates Josh Frydenberg, Stuart Robert and Zed Seselja in their appointments as Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance, respectively, in the new Coalition... Read more continue reading

Pendal appoints Head of Distribution in Australia

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Pendal, the global investment manager formerly known as BT Investment Management, has announced the appointment of Mr Anthony Serhan as its Head of Distribution in Australia. Mr Richard Brandweiner, CEO,... Read more continue reading

Petrol near $1.50 a litre, but more affordable

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Weekly Petrol prices Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell from two-month highs last week, down by 4.6 cents to 145.2... Read more continue reading

AIMA appoints new local chair, elevates Chadwick to global Board

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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global body representing the hedge fund industry, has appointed a new local Australian Chair and elevated one of its Australian industry pioneers to... Read more continue reading

The time is right for SMARTER Beta

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Aberdeen Standard Investments has announced the launch of its first range of proprietary and exclusive SMARTER Beta1 multifactor equity indices, including five indices denominated in Australian dollars (AUD). Designed to... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 24 August, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw most global share markets rise as Turkey slipped out of the headlines, but Australian shares were hit... Read more continue reading

Peter Costello AM, Stephen M. R. Covey and 9-year old Finn Vicars to headline this year’s FPA Congress opening keynote

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is pleased to announce the three opening keynote speakers for the 2018 FPA Professionals Congress, to be held in Sydney from 21-23 November... Read more continue reading

Centrepoint Alliance launches refreshed strategy under new CEO

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Centrepoint Alliance has set out the key features of its new strategic growth plan, while reporting that it grew EBITDA from continuing operations by 4% to $5.5 million (excluding one-off... Read more continue reading