Confidence OK: Good time to spend?

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Consumer confidence Consumer confidence: The ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating fell by 2.2 per cent to 113.2 in the week to May 29. But the reading on whether it was... Read more continue reading

ASIC releases its third licensing activity report

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ASIC yesterday published its third report on its approach to licence applications. Report 478 Overview of licensing and professional registration applications: July to December 2015 (REP 478) sets out recent regulatory outcomes... Read more continue reading

HUB24 exceeds $3bn in FUA

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Superannuation and investment platform provider, HUB24 (ASX: HUB) has reached $3 billion in funds under administration (FUA), representing 84 percent growth in the past 12 months. In addition to this... Read more continue reading

ATO extension of LRBA deadline welcomed

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The SMSF Association applauds the ATO’s decision to give SMSF trustees an extra seven months to review the terms of their limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) to ensure that they... Read more continue reading

Biggest rise in economy-wide sales in 6 years

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Business Indicators; New home sales Sales up: Economy-wide sales rose by 1.5 per cent in the March quarter – the biggest increase in six years (since December quarter 2009). Sales... Read more continue reading

Centrepoint releases more world class investment solutions

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Centrepoint’s managed account solution, vMAPs, has released a new range of high quality investment models with two of the world’s leading asset managers, Dimensional and Russell Investments, to complement its... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 27 May, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Most share markets had a good week helped by improved confidence regarding US growth, increasing signs that the global oil market... Read more continue reading

Moore Stephens Queensland joins Findex backed Crowe Horwath

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The Queensland arm of accountancy group Moore Stephens has reached an agreement to become part of Crowe Horwath, Australia’s fifth largest accountancy and financial advisory group, owned by M&A giant... Read more continue reading

White Paper: Investors rewarded by allocation to Global Small Cap Equities

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There are compelling reasons for Australian investors to select global small-cap equities as a complement to large- cap equities in a diversified strategic allocation according to a new research paper... Read more continue reading

Industry winners: Internet, agriculture lead the gains

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Australian Industry 2014/15 Industry data: The ABS has released performance data for Australian industry sectors in the last financial year. Leading the gains in income growth in 2014/15 was “Commission-based... Read more continue reading