Weekly market update – week ending 2 February, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week After a strong start to the year global shares came under pressure over the last week as bond yields rose further... Read more continue reading

Manulife Enters Australian Real Estate Market

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Manulife Real Estate has announced that it has acquired 800 Collins Street, a 14-storey, 317,335 square foot, Class A office tower located in Melbourne, Australia. 800 Collins Street was built... Read more continue reading

WDE: early interim dividend announcement and on-market share buy-back details announced

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A combination of strong investment performance coupled with a reduction in the cost of providing protection over the past year, has allowed Wealth Defender Equities Limited (ASX:WDE) to declare a... Read more continue reading

Zurich Investments welcomes Sigma as its new Small Companies Fund manager

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Zurich Investments has announced the appointment of Sigma Funds Management (Sigma) as the strategic investment partner to manage the Zurich Investments Small Companies Fund. Focused purely on Australian small companies... Read more continue reading

It’s time to change the definition of control

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This is the third article in The Fold’s series on the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce’s third Position and Consultation paper on Strengthening ASIC’s licensing powers (the Position Paper). The Position Paper contemplates... Read more continue reading

Cromwell Phoenix top-performing fund reaches capacity

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Cromwell Funds Management Limited (Cromwell) has announced the Cromwell Phoenix Opportunities Fund (the Fund) has closed to further investment, after reaching the self-imposed cap of $40 million. The benchmark-unaware Fund... Read more continue reading

TAL strengthens group insurance business development team

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TAL, Australia’s leading life insurance specialist, today announced the strengthening of its group insurance Strategic Business Development team with the appointment of Lisa Larkin to the role of National Manager.... Read more continue reading

Small cap listings dominate IPO market – strong pipeline in place for 2018

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The number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2017 was the highest since 2007, signalling the ongoing good health of the market and improved investor sentiment, according to the latest... Read more continue reading

Synchronised global growth proving good investment opportunities

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The global economy is experiencing synchronised growth creating good opportunities for investors locally and internationally, according to Bennelong Funds Management’s investment partners. Julian Beaumont, investment director at BAEP, says the... Read more continue reading

Instreet Investment increases majority ownership of Acorns Grow Australia

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Instreet Investment Limited has today announced that, through its subsidiary Instreet Acorns Pty Limited, it has increased its holding in Acorns Grow Australia Limited. Previously, Acorns Grow Australia Limited was... Read more continue reading