AFA to validate EGM request

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has received a number of forms calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), purported to represent at least 5% of the voting membership of... Read more continue reading

Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust delivers total return over 20 per cent

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The healthcare property sector continues to perform very strongly, with Australian Unity’s Healthcare Property Trust (HPT) delivering a total return of 20.01 per cent, (7.17 per cent income and 12.84... Read more continue reading

Election jitters flatten spending

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Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Index The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) – a measure of economy-wide spending – was little-changed in July but was more mixed across industries. The... Read more continue reading

IPTMA partners with Thomson Reuters to provide world-first platform for financial institutions to manage and mitigate risk

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The International Payment & Transaction Monitoring Association (IPTMA) have announced a new partnership with Thomson Reuters to provide subscribers with a global risk management and screening solution (World-Check) channeled through IPTMA’s... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 19 August, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Shares were mixed over the last week with European, Japanese and Australian shares down but US and Chinese shares up. Bond... Read more continue reading

Blue Sky announces new MD as founder Mark Sowerby steps down

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Ten years after starting Blue Sky Alternative Investments, founder Mark Sowerby will hand over the reins to the company’s current chief operating officer, Robert Shand, on 30 September 2016. Mr... Read more continue reading

Perpetual Equity Investment Company announces increased dividend following strong full year results

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FY16 Highlights: Net profit after tax of $7.6m. An increased fully-franked final dividend of 2.0 cents per share bringing the total dividends declared for 2016 financial year to 2.8 cents... Read more continue reading

BPS Technology delivers record FY16 revenues

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Highlights: Robust business development drives record revenue of more than $50 million Investment in bolstered salesforce drives EBITDA of $9.5 million Transformational acquisition of Entertainment to boost FY17 revenue by... Read more continue reading

Blue Sky reports 57 per cent profit growth and $2.1 billion in Assets Under Management

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Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited (ASX: BLA) has announced its results for the year ending 30 June 2016, reporting an underlying Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $16.3 million (up 57... Read more continue reading

SMSF specialists ‘committed’ to professionalism

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There is a growing commitment by SMSF specialists to be a professional in this critically important superannuation sector, says SMSF Association Managing Director/CEO Andrea Slattery. Speaking at the end of... Read more continue reading