Review of Australian equity market cleanliness

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A review by ASIC has found an overall improvement in the measures of cleanliness in the Australian listed equity market over the past decade. Report 487 Review of Australian equity... Read more continue reading

New Infocus Director brings global perspective

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Infocus Wealth Management Limited has announced that it has appointed Mr Roy McKelvie as an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman-elect to the group’s Board of Directors. Roy’s career spans financial markets... Read more continue reading

AFA National Practitioner Roadshow: Barometer on Adviser Sentiment

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Live Poll results from the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Practitioner Roadshow show advisers are overwhelmingly positive about their future and want to embrace peer-learning to help their fellow... Read more continue reading

Fitzpatricks adds strength to national team with addition of strategic financial advice firm Paradigm Financial Consulting

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Aligned client centric culture and values has led Perth-based Paradigm Financial Consulting (Paradigm) to partner with Fitzpatricks Private Wealth. Paradigm sees the partnership as a ‘natural fit’ in its commitment... Read more continue reading

TTR strategy ‘valid’ – even after Budget proposals

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A TTR (transfer to retirement) strategy remained valid even if the 2016 Budget proposal to change its tax status became law, Bryan Ashenden, Head of Financial Literacy and Advocacy at... Read more continue reading

New risk specialist team strengthens Zurich’s content capabilities

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Zurich Financial Services Australia Limited (Zurich) has announced the establishment of a new risk specialist team, in anticipation of Macquarie’s life risk business (Macquarie Life) joining Zurich later this year.... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 5 August, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly pulled back over the last week. Profit taking after the strong gains seen in July were part of... Read more continue reading

The impact of Bank of England rate cut

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The Bank of England (BoE) last Friday announced that it had cut rates to 0.25% – a new low in the Bank’s 322 year history. The move was well-flagged and fully... Read more continue reading

Investors seek income as rates hit new lows

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The Reserve Bank’s decision to reduce interest rates has reinforced investor concerns about income generation outside the familiar territory of term deposits, says Roy Prasad, head of mortgages with Australian... Read more continue reading

Global change creating leading investor opportunity

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With change the one constant in investment markets, global equity manager Morphic Asset Management (Morphic) is gaining increasing attention for the steady, risk-adjusted returns generated by its flagship Morphic Global... Read more continue reading