Equity Trustees backs kids looking for a place to call home

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Equity Trustees has awarded its first grant under its new $10m Empowering change philanthropy granting program to the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare for a project to... Read more continue reading

Senior consumers must have confidence in financial industry and its practices

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Since its inception as the professional association of providers of equity release products and services, SEQUAL has campaigned to highlight the pending longevity gap and resultant financial dilemma of Australia’s... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 26 August, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week While Eurozone shares rose 1.2% over the last week US shares fell 0.7%, Australian shares lost 0.2%, Japanese shares fell 1.1%... Read more continue reading

Former TCorp CEO joins OneVue Board

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OneVue Holdings is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Stephen Knight to the Board, effective immediately. Stephen has more than 30 years of senior executive experience in the financial... Read more continue reading

Perpetual delivers solid result – dividend uplift while investing for growth

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FY16 NPAT of $132 million, up 8% on FY15 Fully franked full year dividend of 255 cents per share, up 6% on FY15 Perpetual Investments delivers strong long-term investment performance,... Read more continue reading

AXA IM global smart beta equity ESG fund receives leading industry accolades

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AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) ysterday announced its fully integrated ESG (environmental, social and governance) smart beta equity pooled fund – AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund (the Fund) – has... Read more continue reading

Centrepoint Alliance reports strong growth in wealth business

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Centrepoint Alliance Limited (ASX:CAF) (‘Centrepoint’), Australia’s leading non-aligned financial services organisation has announced a net profit before tax of $4.6m, up 79% on prior year, and EBITDA of $6.4m, up 56% on... Read more continue reading

Labor’s proposed policy measures ‘cause for concern’

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The SMSF Association is concerned about the Labor Party’s opposition to proposed changes to the superannuation system that will usher in much-needed flexibility and remove layers of complexity and red-tape... Read more continue reading

Active management key to long-term returns

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Speaking from New York by video link at the PortfolioConstructionForum Conference in Sydney yesterday, Mr Bill Priest, CEO of Epoch Investment Partners said that active managers who focus on the... Read more continue reading

AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award semi-finalists announced

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and TAL have announced the semi-finalists in the 2016 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award (the Award). Developed in 2011 as a joint initiative... Read more continue reading