Weekly market update – week ending 25 May, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has again seen geopolitical issues dominate with renewed trade worries out of the US, the cancellation of the... Read more continue reading

Robust world growth – not wage growth or trade tensions – cause of market correction

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The Fed put has a lower strike price “It was a common belief under former Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Alan Greenspan that the Fed would rescue the stock market from... Read more continue reading

Peak re appoints Mr. Stephen B. Roder as Independent Non-Executive Director

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Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (“Peak Re”), a global reinsurer based in Hong Kong, has announced that Mr. Stephen B. Roder has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director (“INED”) and... Read more continue reading

Dūcere announces partial MBA scholarships for Mentor alumni and financial service industry professionals

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Dūcere Global Business School (Dūcere) Founder & Executive Director Mathew Jacobson has announced an exciting partial scholarship opportunity for twelve Mentor Education past students (alumni) and financial service industry professionals... Read more continue reading

Amended LRBA integrity measures ‘get balance right’  

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The SMSF Association welcomes the sensible position taken in the Federal Government’s final legislation introducing integrity measures for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) that include the outstanding portion of an... Read more continue reading

Ralton appoints senior investment manager

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Ralton Asset Management has appointed Gordon Ramsay as Senior Investment Manager to work with the Ralton team of Andrew Stanley, Will Riggall, Olga Kosciuczyk and Shannon Lambert. “We’re delighted to... Read more continue reading

APRA and ASIC release new life-claims data

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have published new data on life insurance claims and claims related disputes for the period 1... Read more continue reading

China on Reserve Bank watch-list

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Reserve Bank speech The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe delivered a speech at the Australia-China Relations Institute in Sydney last night. What does it all mean? Governor Lowe noted that... Read more continue reading

T. Rowe Price adds analyst to Australian equities team

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Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has grown its Australian equities investment capability with the appointment of investment analyst Chris Wu. Wu joins T. Rowe Price from Macquarie Investment Management... Read more continue reading

Unique marketing service launched

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Business Development veteran, John Hamer has launched a unique service (The Hamer Connection) for fund managers and big superannuation funds to reach out to key clients and potential clients. The... Read more continue reading