PIMCO names Kimberley Stafford as new Head of Asia-Pacific

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PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has announced that Kimberley Stafford, Managing Director and current Global Head of PIMCO’s Consultant Relations Group, has been named the new Head of... Read more continue reading

Inflation expectations at a 4½-year high

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Consumer Confidence Consumer confidence: The ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating eased from four-month highs, falling by 1.9 per cent to 117.0 in the week to January 22. Confidence is up... Read more continue reading

Quay rated Superior by SQM

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SQM Research has awarded a ‘Superior’ rating to the Quay Global Real Estate Fund, managed by Quay Global Investors. Quay is a boutique investment manager focused on the preservation and... Read more continue reading

Adequacy concept critical to Superannuation Objective 

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The SMSF Association says it is essential that the concept of adequacy be included in the Superannuation Objective to help ensure people have a secure and dignified retirement. In its... Read more continue reading

Centuria divests 200 Creek Street, Brisbane

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Centuria Property Funds yesterday announced that it has sold its commercial office tower at 200 Creek Street, Brisbane, for $38.7 million. The property has been purchased by Sentinel Property Group. Jason... Read more continue reading

Tyro appoints former PayPal executive as new Head of Product

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Tyro Payments Limited (“Tyro”), Australia’s fast growing nextGen bank, has announced the appointment of Kareem Al-Bassam as the company’s new Head of Product. Mr Al-Bassam has more than 15 years of... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – January 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

Weekly market update – week ending January 20, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw shares fall a bit, further correcting some of the large gains seen since November amidst nervousness ahead... Read more continue reading

Trump’s first year: What’s realistic?

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With the inauguration of the 45th president imminent and the market’s high expectations for policymaking, what is realistic for investors to expect from Washington in 2017? We think the bottom... Read more continue reading