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AMP sees 245% jump in consumer interest

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
AMP has reported a huge jump in the number of consumers visiting its website looking for free financial education articles. There was a 245% increase in total unique visitors to the AMP site, when comparing the first two months of 2020 to the first ...

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has worked at the Treasury as a fiscal strategy specialist, and the department of finance. In 2007, he founded his own company Macroeconomics, to which he returns as the chief economist. The firm has government ...

MCP builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Lockhart said. The appointments come after Metrics reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance (CAF) loan portfolio. Metrics is understood to be acquiring about $1.2 billion in assets from the transaction, and already ...

Kelly O'Dwyer joins EQT board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... portfolios. She left politics in January 2019, citing personal reasons. Prior to her government career, she worked in law and finance. She is currently a non-executive director at ASX-listed Home Consortium. Kelly's track record in leadership and ...

New finance, operations GM at Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Australian Unity has appointed a general manager of finance, commercial and operations for its wealth and capital markets unit. Jenny Saliba was most recently the chief financial officer of ASX-listed firm Think Childcare, where she helped lead a business ...

ADB invests in sustainable start-ups

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... president Ashok Lavasa said. Deputy minister for international affairs for the Republic of Korea's ministry of economy and finance Taesik Yoon said: "Korea's venture ecosystem has been accelerating the transition toward an innovative digital ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... exits Australia. Metrics Credit Partners has reached an agreement to buy Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance (CAF) loan portfolio. The acquired portfolio includes leveraged finance and fund finance loans to corporates and funds across ...

COVID-19 spurs robo-advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... finds. Software firm Oracle's Money and Machines 2021 report reveals that more consumers are shunning professional finance advisers, citing a lack of trust and varying degrees of competence from humans that fall short of their expectations. The majority ...

Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
"At its meeting ending on 17 March 2021, the Committee judged that the existing stance of monetary policy remains appropriate. The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%. The Committee voted unanimously for the Bank of England to maintain ...

360 Capital to raise $93m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... estate (CRA) loans," van Aanholt said. "Dealt has recently been established as one of Australia's first real time CRE finance marketplaces to assist borrowers secure non-bank finance." Van Aanholt said an investment in Dealt will offer stapled security ...