Weekly market update – week ending 18 May, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets were mixed over the last week with Eurozone and Japanese shares up helped by weakness in their currencies,... Read more continue reading

AMP takes top honours at the Good Design Awards

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AMP has been honoured at the 60th anniversary of the Good Design Awards® overnight, receiving four awards, including the prestigious Best in Class for Design Strategy for its AMP Goals... Read more continue reading

Australian Executor Trustees announces new Head of Corporate Trust

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Australian Executor Trustees (AET) has announced the appointment of Yvonne Kelaher as the new Head of Corporate Trust. Effective next Monday 21 May, Yvonne will assume responsibility for leading the... Read more continue reading

Allianz and PIMCO Collaborate to Launch a New Retirement Income Business in Australia

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Allianz, one of the world’s largest insurers, and PIMCO, one of the world’s premier fixed income managers owned by Allianz, have announced the launch of a new business in Australia,... Read more continue reading

Evolve lifecycle strategies to improve retirement outcomes for super fund members, says Parametric

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Lifecycle investing is becoming an increasingly valuable option for superannuation funds aiming to construct a long-term default asset allocation strategy for their members. Research by the global specialist implementation manager... Read more continue reading

Alphinity Investment Management launches differentiated Sustainable Share Fund

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Leading Australian and global equities boutique fund manager, Alphinity Investment Management, has set a new standard in sustainable investing with the launch of the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund (SSF). The... Read more continue reading

More Aussies find jobs and work longer hours

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Labour force; Airfares Employment rose by 22,600 in April after a 700 job decline in March (previously reported as a rise of 4,900 jobs). Full-time jobs rose by 32,700 while... Read more continue reading

Macrovue thematic global share portfolios available as SMAs via Praemium

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Thematic global share investing business Macrovue has announced the first 3 of its 22 managed portfolios are available as SMAs via the industry-leading managed accounts platform, Praemium. Thematic portfolios are... Read more continue reading

Super delivers through market ups and downs

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Australian super funds are staging a comeback after being beaten down through the first quarter of 2018. According to superannuation research house SuperRatings, April data shows the median balanced option... Read more continue reading

2050 feeding the next two billion: full planet, empty plates

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In May 2018 Mark Zawacki, one of the world’s leading strategy experts will visit Australia to present the latest in a series of thought provoking Florence Guild events, ‘2050 Feeding... Read more continue reading