Barry Lambert backs ‘roboadviser’ Ignition Wealth

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Financial services veteran Barry Lambert continues to drive for an increase in the efficiency of the financial advice industry. Following on from the success of his cloud based SMSF software... Read more continue reading

AUSTOCK Life expands popular Vanguard Tax-Paid Range

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Austock Life announces the expansion of its Imputation Bond’s popular Vanguard Indexed range by adding three new investment menu options. Investors now have a comprehensive range of seven menu portfolios... Read more continue reading

Wages outpace prices by largest margin in 3½-years

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Wage price index Wage growth at record low: The wage price index rose by 0.5 per cent June quarter after a similar rise in the March quarter. Annual wage growth... Read more continue reading

Mantra buys a bit of Blue Sky on the Gold Coast

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Blue Sky Private Real Estate has sold the management rights to Southport Central on the Gold Coast to Mantra Group for an undisclosed sum. Since entering the accommodation market in... Read more continue reading

The constrained medium term return outlook

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Key points Low and falling investment yields from most major asset classes point to a constrained medium term return outlook. For a diversified mix of assets, this has now fallen... Read more continue reading

Schroders’ highly successful Real Return strategy now available on the ASX

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Leading global investment manager Schroders has launched its first direct-to-consumer managed fund on the ASX, bringing its highly successful multi-asset real return strategy to a broader range of Australian investors.... Read more continue reading

Synchron advisers express interest in investment solutions

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Less than two months since launch, almost one in four Synchron advisers who has seen the Valant Capital investment solutions offer, has expressed interest. Valant Capital is a new company... Read more continue reading

IPO market delivers strong gains in July

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The Australian Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) market delivered strong gains in July, with the average monthly return from the nine companies listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) striking 15.7%,... Read more continue reading

Public capital investment – more bark than bite?

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Public investment has been trending down as a share of GDP since mid‑2010. But analysis of the 2016/17 State and Federal Budgets shows that public sector investment is likely to... Read more continue reading

Sydney petrol at 11-year lows

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Weekly petrol prices Retail petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 3.2 cents per litre to 111.2 cents per... Read more continue reading