Construction boom: Too much work? Tassie consumer confidence at 7-year high

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Consumer sentiment; Building activity; China inflation  Consumer confidence: The Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment index fell by 0.6 per cent to 102.4 points in April, down from 103.0 points... Read more continue reading

Milliman launches first custom capital protection overlay solution for model portfolio and dealer group platforms

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Milliman’s new model portfolio strategy allows dealer groups and platforms to apply a rules-based market risk management overlay to any model portfolio’s underlying equity investments. It marks the first time... Read more continue reading

Wholesale pricing offered to retail investors by Prodigy’s Flinders fund via HUB24

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In a major development for the industry, portfolio managers, financial advisers and their clients are able to access institutional pricing, thanks to an initiative between leading platform HUB24 and Flinders... Read more continue reading

UniSuper pension fees rated lowest in Australia

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UniSuper, the $66 billion super fund for the higher education and research sector, is leading the super and pension funds industry in lower fees, according to Chant West’s December 2017... Read more continue reading

Praemium adds Franklin Templeton portfolio to SMA

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The Praemium SMA has expanded its list of available international models with the addition of the Franklin Concentrated Global Equity ex Australia Portfolio. The model invests in a concentrated yet... Read more continue reading

Ralton appoints portfolio manager

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Ralton Asset Management has appointed Will Riggall as Portfolio Manager to work alongside Head of Australian Equities, Andrew Stanley. “We’re delighted to have someone of Will’s calibre join Ralton. He... Read more continue reading

David Gonski launches 30% Club ‘Surge for Diversity’ Campaign

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The 30 % Club has launched the 30% ‘Surge for Diversity’ campaign to increase the momentum for change in Australia’s boardrooms, and is calling on the corporate community for support.... Read more continue reading

Global economic commentary from Insight Investment for the week (starting 9 April 2018)

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Summary Portfolio performance was driven by positive returns in equity and total return strategies. This week has been dominated by trade war news. This initially caused risk assets to sell... Read more continue reading

Man Group launches systematic Australian equity strategy

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Man Group, the active investment management firm, has announced the launch of a new investment strategy focused on the Australian equities market, Man Numeric’s Australia Core strategy. The quantitative, bottom-up... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 6 April, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets had another volatile week – starting down as the US announced details of proposed 25% tariff hikes on $US50bn... Read more continue reading