Sydney rental vacancy rates hit 13 year high rents down for the year

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The Sydney rental market has recorded the highest vacancy rate in at least 13 years according to SQM Research. Sydney’s rental vacancy rate rose to 2.8% in June with an... Read more continue reading

More clarity needed about advisers’ prior learning

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The SMSF Association is urging the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) to provide more guidance and certainty about how recognised prior learning for existing financial advisers will be... Read more continue reading

Report highlights impact of Royal Commission on planning profession

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Leading research firm Investment Trends has released its 2018 Planner Business Model Report, an in-depth study of Australian financial planners and their business processes. The report, now in its fifteenth... Read more continue reading

FINSIA calls for recognition of experience and previous qualifications in education review

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A survey by FINSIA, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, reveals that more than half the country’s financial advisers may leave the industry if a proposed education pathway fails acknowledge... Read more continue reading

Principal Global REITs wins mandates and is upgraded by Zenith to ‘Highly Recommended’ rating

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Principal Global Investors Australia (Principal) has announced their Global Real Estate Securities strategy has recently been awarded a number of mandates including BT New Zealand and the Australian Construction Industry... Read more continue reading

Infocus scoops double senior executive talent

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Infocus Wealth Management has pulled off a stunning coup, snaring senior executives Jeff Mitchell and Craig Meldrum from a rival dealer group. Mitchell has been appointed to the newly created... Read more continue reading

Two Alphinity Australian share funds receive ‘Highly Recommended’ rating

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Two of Alphinity Investment Management’s Australian share funds have been rated ‘Highly Recommended’ by Zenith Investment Partners. The leading Australian and global equities boutique fund manager has had its Alphinity... Read more continue reading

Once bitten, twice shy? GFC concerns still linger for Australian seniors

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Seven out of 10 Australians aged over 50 are worried about the potential for another global financial crisis (GFC) and the impact it could have on their retirement savings. The... Read more continue reading

Insight Investment weekly review and global economic outlook for the week ahead

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Following last week’s payrolls, this was a quiet week for economic data, but trade numbers from China today showed that China’s monthly trade surplus with the US rose to a... Read more continue reading

Australian ETF industry powers ahead: BetaShares Australian ETF Half Year Review 2018

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H1 2018 finishes strong with the industry growing FuM by $3.2 billion Australia’s ETF industry powered through another month of growth, finishing the first half of the year at a... Read more continue reading