Expat borrowing for Australian property

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Many expats first contact their bank directly, only to be told it can’t be done. Often this creates an assumption that if their bank does not lend to expats, then... Read more continue reading

Colonial First State adds T. Rowe Price’s Australia Equity Strategy to the FirstChoice Platform

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T. Rowe Price’s Australia Equity Strategy has been added to Colonial First State’s FirstChoice investment menu to provide an investment choice suited for the current environment where investors seek strong... Read more continue reading

Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund announces $70 million capital raising

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Independent funds management group Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund (IPIF) is embarking on its next round of capital raising, with a target $70 million to be raised by the end of... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update -week ending 11 May 2108

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rose over the last week helped by another Goldilocks combination of good economic data, strong profits and benign... Read more continue reading

Search begins for AFA Rising Star 2018

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth have begun the search for the 2018 Rising Star Award (the Award), which recognises emerging talent in the financial advice industry.... Read more continue reading

Proudly supporting volt bank in receiving Australia’s first restricted ADI license

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Grant Thornton Australia is proud to have supported volt bank Limited (volt bank), in attaining Australia’s first restricted ADI (Authorised Deposit Taking Institution) licence to be issued by the Australian... Read more continue reading

Raiz Invest announces Public Offering

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Raiz Invest Limited (“Raiz” or “the Company”, formerly known as Acorns Grow Australia), Australia’s first mobile-led investing platform, yesterday announced the lodgement of its prospectus for the Company’s public offering ... Read more continue reading

Repeating the Budget mistakes of the past

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The former Treasurer, Peter Costello, has been one of the fiercest critics of the federal budget laid down by Scott Morrison on Tuesday. In his eyes the government should have... Read more continue reading

AFA and TAL call for Female Excellence in Advice nominations

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The Association of Financial Advisers  (AFA) and TAL are calling on females in financial advice to nominate themselves, or others, for the AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award (the Award).... Read more continue reading

Governments are poor forecasters

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With the Federal Budget for 2018-19 handed down, Lonsec takes a look at some time-honoured truths of government budget forecasting. Governments tend to overestimate Governments have a track record of... Read more continue reading