New appointment at GSFM to meet retail demand

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Grant Samuel Funds Management has appointed Stephen Higgins to the newly created role of key account manager in the NSW retail sales team. Mr Higgins will be based in Sydney... Read more continue reading

Asset class review: thoughts on what markets are telling us and how to position a multi-asset portfolio

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Political uncertainty is looming over financial markets. The spectre of further events on the Korean peninsula, the threat of a US debt crisis, and the ongoing Brexit negotiations all present... Read more continue reading

SMSF members benefit from voluntary super contributions

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The ability for all Australians to make tax-deductible voluntary superannuation contributions is benefiting many self-managed super fund (SMSF) members, says SMSF Association CEO John Maroney. “The opening up of voluntary... Read more continue reading

XTB Portfolios Outperform Credit Index by More Than 3.25% p.a.

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XTB, an Australian-based provider of Australian Stock Exchange-traded corporate bond investments, said yesterday that its fixed-rate portfolios considerably outperformed both the Composite Bond Index and the Credit Index in the... Read more continue reading

Vanguard framework takes the emotion out of the active-index choice

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Investors deciding how to allocate their portfolios across actively managed and index investments should follow clear process to avoid arbitrary decision-making, according to a new white paper from Vanguard Australia.... Read more continue reading

XTB to expand range of investment choices

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XTB, an Australian-based provider of Australian Stock Exchange-traded corporate bond units, said today it planned to expand its range of XTBs and also start a Responsible Investing separately managed account... Read more continue reading

Petrol pain; More unemployed 

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Weekly petrol prices; Census; Chinese property Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 1.5 cents to 127.4 cents a litre.... Read more continue reading

Will European politics break the market calm?

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Eric Stein, Co-Director of Global Income,  Eaton Vance, a global investment manager, notes that markets have been seemingly impervious to negative headlines and volatility, but emerging political uncertainty in Europe might... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 20 October, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the last week helped along by continuing good economic data. Eurozone shares were flat though with... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – October 2017

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Overall Results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; business investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading