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APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... 2026, the limit on home loans will allow authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) to lend up to 20% of their new mortgage lending at debt of six times income or more. The limit will apply separately to ADIs' owner-occupier and investor lending. ...

AustralianSuper names chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... and chief financial officer for cash and transactional banking and insurance businesses (life, general and lender's mortgage insurance) at Westpac for over eight years before joining QBE Insurance in April 2024. Commenting, Chen said she is looking ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Michael Burry, who reaped millions from the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007, has shuttered Scion Asset Management. Burry told investors in a note that "with a heavy heart, I will liquidate the funds and return capital but for a small audit/tax holdback ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... AUSTRAC-regulated clients. Shinkarsky's previous experience includes Oliver Wyman, where he ran Basel II AIRB and mortgage book optimisation programs for domestic banks, and PwC, focusing on operational risk and sustainability across industries including ...

Evidentia acquires practice management firm

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... consulting capabilities, it said. Encore has over 20 years of experience in supporting financial planning, accounting and mortgage broking businesses across Australia, including existing Evidentia clients. Key members of Encore's management team ...

Outsourcing will 'supercharge' value of advice: Netwealth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... Numbers were closer for advice-related activities, such as paraplanning (49% and 46%), compliance (42% and 34%), and mortgage and loans (33% and 27%). AdviceTech Stars were, however, found to have lower outsourcing numbers in estate planning (37% and ...

Revolution expands alts offering in partnership with ColCap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
Revolution Asset Management will expand its alternatives offerings by partnering with non-bank lender ColCap Financial. Under the partnership, ColCap will acquire a 14% stake in Revolution, while Channel Capital will convert its existing interest into ...

GSFM bolsters Queensland presence

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... Before that, she worked as an adviser services consultant with Macquarie Group for two years. She started her career at Mortgage Choice. Williams,who took over the role from Stephen Fletcher a year ago after Fletcher became a client portfolio manager ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... the biggest accelerators," Au says. "... alerting the super fund or insurer to any vulnerability or hardship, including mortgage stress, funeral costs, and minor dependents, can also help urge trustees/insurers to expedite and support such cases. "Australian ...

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
AMP has launched Retirement Confidence Pulse, a new barometer to measure how financially confident Australians feel about life after work. The inaugural score is a concerning 50/100. Amidst a cost-of-living crisis and spikes in household expenses, the ...