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27 April 2017 • By James Mitchell • 1 min read

Banks exposed to mortgage broker risk

The Australian mortgage market’s heavy reliance on brokers increases system-wide bank risk, warns Spectrum Asset Management. In a ‘Spectrum ...

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Colonial First State signs up to PRI

Colonial First State has become the second Australian retail platform provider to sign up to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

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RBA will be ‘happy’ with inflation numbers

The official March 2017 quarter inflation figures, released yesterday, show the Consumer Price Index is creeping back into the RBA’s ‘target band’ of ...

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Climate change top of mind for Aussie funds

New research from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project has found Australian asset owners are second only to Europe when it comes to climate change risk

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Dividends supporting bank shares: SSGA

The prices of Australian bank shares were supported through the first quarter of 2017 by the strong dividends paid by the sector, according to State ...

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Activist shareholders seek to spill Praemium board

A group of “concerned shareholders” have requested an extraordinary general meeting to replace the board of fintech firm Praemium and proposed three ...

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UBS 'calls the top' on housing boom

Australian house price growth will slow to 7 per cent in 2017 before it collapses to between zero and 3 per cent in 2018, predicts UBS

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Investment risk falls following Macron win

The first round of the French presidential election has seen a reduction in risk across Europe as centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron edged out ...

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Start-up fund targets wholesale investors

Instreet is looking to raise $5 million in early-stage funding for Australian start-up companies from wholesale investors. The Instreet Start-Up ...

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Market upturn set to continue, says PGI

The stall in the cyclical global market rebound is most likely a pause in the "reflation trade", with further expansion on the horizon, says Principal ...

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