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Pepper Money launches SMSF loan offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... a digital application process for a seamless experience. The non-bank can also consider clients who are directors of companies with credit impairment across both residential and commercial SMSF loans. "With options across personal loans, home loans ...

Blackwattle to take over Watermark fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... Watermark has retained very low market risk settings in recent years. Blackwattle intends to pivot the fund to a 'small companies' extension' strategy (130/30). This strategy will focus more on smaller companies and retain higher market exposures though ...

Calls for paid menopause leave gather momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... researchers at Macquarie Business School found 10% of women who retire early do so due to menopause, and it costs Australian companies about $10 billion a year in terms of recruitment and productivity. Describing it as "one of the last remaining workplace ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... success. While personality is crucial, McCarthy said that other factors still play a role in the success of founder-led companies, including luck, timing, and connections. "Startups, especially during their earliest stages, before there's any demonstrable ...

The ugly truth: Unattractive fund managers are investment darlings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... they have greater bargaining power in the labour market. Interestingly, they also tend to gravitate toward smaller fund companies. "The reason behind this phenomenon could be that small firms have higher priority in attracting fund flows where good-looking ...

Best and worst ETFs of past 12 months

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... and 55.5%, respectively. These returns are largely attributed to the explosive performance of artificial intelligence companies, like NVIDIA. Next in line, the Betashares Global Uranium ETF (URNM) posted a 47.9% return, as uranium prices surged to their ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... is making a play for Australian investors, testing the waters for its private credit strategies that directly lend to companies with an average EBITDA of US$190 million. Its clients include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, foundations, endowments ...

Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... the business sector have risen from the exceptionally low levels observed during the pandemic. While most are small companies, the report revealed the number of medium and large companies becoming insolvent has also increased of late. It explained that ...

Fixed income expected to be hotter than stocks: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... The research, commissioned by MPG in July, surveyed 100 investment professionals working for pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, family offices, other institutional investors, and wealth managers with a total of $405 billion assets under ...

Impax launches global fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... Opportunities Fund is an all-cap global equities product that seeks to achieve long-term capital growth by investing in companies that demonstrate competitive advantages and clear alignment with a more sustainable global economy. Managed by Kristeen ...