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Centuria acquires stake in Bass Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... Wingate investors. Bass Capital has about 300 high-net-worth investor clients and provides real estate secured non-bank finance for development projects, bridge finance and residual stock. It has $270 million committed loan book, a $107 million open-ended ...

ERS spending revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed what people who accessed their super early due to financial hardship caused by COVID-19 spent the money on. The ABS found that 29% of people who accessed their super in the early release of super program ...

Latitude IPOs despite spotted past

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... handling. Add-on insurance on credit cards and loans has remained an issue for the company. In 2020 Harvey Norman and Latitude Finance had the inauspicious honour of winning Choice's Shonky Award for credit cards offered through Harvey Norman. Consumer ...

Life industry to launch framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... all claims and underwriting professionals, with support from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). The framework is being developed in collaboration with AIA Australia, AMP Life, BT Life Insurance, ClearView, MLC ...

SuperFriend appoints chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... years' experience in leadership roles and spent eight years at ANZ including four years as managing director of its asset finance company Esanda. Proust was also ANZ's managing director, Metrobanking and group general manager, human resources, corporate ...

MLC Life makes key appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
MLC Life Insurance has made two senior appointments within its finance team, hiring from TAL and Integrity Life. Lesley Mamelok, who was formerly the acting chief executive of Integrity Life, has been appointed general manager, finance and deputy chief ...

Regulator frets over SPAC boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). US Securities and Exchange Commission acting director for the division of corporate finance John Coates said there are concerns around fees, conflicts, sponsor compensation, celebrity sponsorship and retail investors ...

Andrew Thorburn joins IIG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... Group to provide strategic advice during the transition. "Under Dan's exceptional leadership, IIG has worked to show how finance can be a force for good. He has led IIG as one of Australia's most innovative and progressive impact investment businesses ...

Tech, behavioural science to engage clients

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... use technology and behavioural tools to assist clients in making better financial decisions, according to behavioural finance experts. Oxford Risk said blending technology and behavioural science leads to a comprehensive suitable approach that recognises ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine" (as Morrison declared back in November 2020) but it's certainly leading much of the world in containing the virus and strengthening economic recovery. This was the ...