HLB Sydney launches new insurance business

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HLB Mann Judd Sydney has launched a new business, HLB Insurance Services, to operate as part of its Wealth Management division. The new business has been formed through a joint... Read more continue reading

Insight’s Global economic outlook for the week – as at 30 January, 2017

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The following are thoughts on the week ahead from Steve Waddington, portfolio manager in the multi-asset team at Insight Investment a leading global investment manager. FOMC meeting: a key focus... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – January 2018

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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

Weekly market update – week ending 25 January, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets were mixed over the last week with US shares reaching record highs helped by good earnings news and gains... Read more continue reading

Unemployment 2017: Winners and losers

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Labour Force Regional unemployment: Unemployment rates vary significantly across regional Australia. Remote regions of the country such as Outback Queensland had the highest unemployment rate of 12.8 per cent in December.... Read more continue reading

Oliver’s Insights: 2018 – a list of lists regarding the macro investment outlook

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Introduction Although 2017 saw the usual worry list – around President Trump, elections in Europe, China, North Korea and Australian property – it was good for investors. Balanced super funds... Read more continue reading

ATO decision to defer lodgement date for SMSFs lauded

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The SMSF Association welcomes the Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) decision to defer the lodgment date of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) for the 2016-17 financial year. The new deadline for lodging... Read more continue reading

ASIC reports on how large financial institutions manage conflicts of interest in financial advice

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An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review of financial advice provided by the five biggest vertically integrated financial institutions has identified areas where improvements are needed to the management... Read more continue reading

HUB24 platform FUA now at $7bn after strong 2nd quarter

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Quarterly business update Highlights: Strong quarterly net inflows[1]  for Q2FY18 of $554m and gross inflows of $771m. Funds under Administration (FUA) of $6.9b at 31 December 2017 and now $7.0bn... Read more continue reading

US administration partial shutdown marks the first in the country’s history

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The US administration’s partial shutdown marks a first in the country’s history: this is the first time that we have witnessed this type of situation when the same party occupies... Read more continue reading