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Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Resilient job markets are keeping major economies above water, staring down the threat of a global recession, as well as geopolitical and climate woes. Newly released ABS figures show that Australia's labour market remained strong in June, adding ...

Australian Unity buys up hospital land

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
Australian Unity's Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT) has purchased a key land holding located in Melton, Victoria for approximately $15 million. The acquisition of 2 Coach Street, Cobblebank is part of a plan to develop the area into a private hospital ...

Epsilon launches second Australian fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
Epsilon Direct Lending has launched its second corporate direct lending fund with the backing of a multi-family office. The Epsilon Direct Lending Senior Loan Fund leans into growing investor demand for Australian conservative private credit strategies. ...

Vanguard restructures retail unit, creates executive roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Vanguard Australia has overhauled its superannuation and Personal Investor businesses, appointing two executives to newly created roles to help lead the merged retail units. The fund manager will merge the two retail divisions comprising superannuation ...

AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, investments and advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
After acting in the role for 16 months, Shail Singh has officially been appointed as the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA's) lead ombudsman, investments and advice. Singh was appointed ombudsman when AFCA opened its doors in 2018, before ...

abrdn chief economist rejoins Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Jeremy Lawson has rejoined Australia's central bank after working as abrdn's chief economist for 10 years. Lawson has been appointed deputy head of the international department at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), effective August 1. He began ...

Iress outlines product-led growth strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
Iress chief executive Marcus Price has detailed his strategy to drive company growth, capturing opportunities in financial advice and investment management. During the company's AGM, Price explained that under the new plan, Iress would adopt a product-led ...

Iress unveils major restructure, new leadership

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Following a strategic review aimed at boosting shareholder returns, Iress has overhauled its organisational structure and senior leadership team. The restructure seeks to enhance Iress' focus on financial advice, trading and market data, and superannuation ...

Saxo launches managed portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
Saxo Australia today launched a suite of managed portfolios targeting self-directed investors and self-managed super funds. SaxoSelect offers seven managed portfolios with actively managed and index-based strategies. Three offerings are managed by BlackRock ...

Australian Unity kicks off capital raise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Australian Unity's Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT) has reopened for a limited time to seek to raise $350 million for its upcoming acquisitions and developments. The $3.8 billion unlisted healthcare fund, which was was launched in 1999 with a portfolio ...