OC expands investment team

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Small and micro-cap equities manager, OC Funds Management, has appointed Daniel Stein to the firm’s investment team. Stein joins OC as an Analyst from Altair Asset Management where he specialised... Read more continue reading

Bennelong appoints Stuart Fechner to new role

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Bennelong Funds Management has appointed Stuart Fechner as director, retail research relationships, effective from May 2017 and reporting to Jonas Daly, head of wholesale sales at Bennelong. In the newly... Read more continue reading

Vanguard Australia appoints new Chief Financial Officer

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Vanguard Australia announced yesterday that Johanna Platt will join the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Ms Platt is an experienced finance leader who will join Vanguard from Iron Mountain,... Read more continue reading

Macron wins, Europe continues to reject populism and nationalism – good for Europe and good for markets, although a lot has already been factored in

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As suggested by opinion polls the centrist pro Euro candidate Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election against the far right, anti globalisation, anti Euro National Front candidate Marine... Read more continue reading

Lennox Capital Partners launches flagship Australian small-cap strategy

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Newly established boutique fund manager, Lennox Capital Partners has launched its small-cap strategy – the Lennox Australian Small Companies Fund – available to both retail and institutional investors. Established in... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 5 May, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While US, European and Japanese shares rose over the last week helped by good economic and earnings news, anticipation of a... Read more continue reading

Strong growth sees Macquarie’s funds on platform top $72 billion

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Strong interest from the institutional and IFA market has seen Macquarie’s funds on platform grow 24 per cent to reach $72.2 billion in the year to 31 March, 2017. The... Read more continue reading

10 years of economic quagmire showing signs of drawing to a close, says Principal Global Investors

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur has called the likely end of the economic quagmire that began with the U.S. financial crisis in mid-2007. Is the global economy... Read more continue reading

Socially responsible investing – key to future growth

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Lonsec Research has intensified its focus on the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) sectors, establishing dedicated investment product coverage and analysis within the rapidly growing... Read more continue reading

National Financial Advice Group responds to Sedgwick Recommendation

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“Thanks to reports like Mr Sedgwick’s more Australians will come to realise the banks are more like drug companies providing product and not like hospitals or doctors providing services.” Says... Read more continue reading