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

Inauguration Day: Trump bump or Trump slump?

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“May you live in interesting times” goes the Chinese curse. It also pretty much sums up many investors’ mindset as they await the inauguration of Donald Trump says Eric Stein,... Read more continue reading

Lonsec awards Legg Mason Martin Currie Ethical Income Fund “Highly Recommended” rating

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Legg Mason Martin Currie yesterday announced that it has been awarded “Highly Recommended” 1 rating for its Ethical Income fund (the Fund) from Lonsec Research (Lonsec). Martin Currie, with over $10... Read more continue reading

Full-time jobs post best quarterly gains in six years

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Labour force Employment rose by 13,500 in December after rising by 37,100 in November (previously reported as a rise of 39,100 jobs). Full-time jobs rose by 9,300 while part-time jobs... Read more continue reading

Superannuation funds to start disclosing subplan information on websites from 1 July 2017

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ASIC has written to trustees of superannuation funds with employer subplans reminding them of the requirement to publicly disclose transparency information for those subplans from 1 July 2017. The requirement... Read more continue reading

SuperRatings top 10 performing funds for 2016

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According to SuperRatings, Catholic Super and HOSTPLUS were the top returning super funds in 2016, delivering a 10.1% gain for their members, compared to the median Balanced option return of... Read more continue reading

4D infrastructure fund rated ‘Favourable’ by SQM

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SQM Research has rated the 4D Global Infrastructure Fund, which was launched in March 2016, as ‘Favourable’. The Fund is managed by 4D Infrastructure, headed up by Sarah Shaw and... Read more continue reading