Xero utilises Link Group’s virtual AGM capabilities

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Link Group (ASX: LNK), a global provider of share registry, shareholder management, analytics and fund administration services, successfully facilitated its first Australian Annual General Meeting (AGM) where shareholders could attend... Read more continue reading

Chris Aylen joins OneVue as head of Fund Services Operations

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OneVue’s growth momentum continues with the appointment of Chris Aylen into the newly- created role of Head of Fund Services Operations. Based in OneVue’s Melbourne office, Chris Aylen joins Fund... Read more continue reading

Building better default retirement products

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The financial services industry can learn an important lesson from the surprise Brexit vote, according to Milliman Australian practice leader Wade Matterson. The British public’s decision to leave the European... Read more continue reading

MetLife Australia strengthens team with three senior hires

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MetLife Insurance, the Australian arm of one of the world’s largest insurers, has announced three senior appointments as it continues to build an enhanced customer experience and improve its product... Read more continue reading

Australian business confidence jumps to highest level in over five years

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Business confidence rose by nine points this quarter, to now sit at the highest level in more than five years among Australia’s small and medium businesses (SMBs), according to the... Read more continue reading

The Fed: Silent on September

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When Fed Chair Janet Yellen spoke in Cambridge, Mass. on 27 May, she outlined conditions to justify a rate hike: “The economy is continuing to improve … growth looks to be... Read more continue reading

VanEck’s China A-shares ETF provides most effective access to China A-shares market

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After the decision yesterday to wind up AMP’s China Growth Fund (AGF), VanEck’s China A-shares ETF (ASX: CETF) is the most effective way for Australian investors to access a diversified portfolio... Read more continue reading

Slide in prices of imported consumer goods

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International trade prices Export & import prices: Import prices fell by 1.0 per cent in the June quarter and were down 2.8 per cent on a year ago. Prices of... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital modernises its flagship Australian and New Zealand infrastructure equity fund and launches significant capital raising

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AMP Capital has renamed its long-standing Infrastructure Equity Fund the AMP Capital Diversified Infrastructure Trust (ADIT) and announced a capital raising program that aims to attract A$300 million from new... Read more continue reading

Inflation falls to the lowest level in 17 years

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Consumer price index Low inflation: The Consumer Price Index – the main measure of inflation in Australia – rose by 0.4 per cent in the June quarter, in line with... Read more continue reading