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Crescent Finance launches real estate funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Crescent Finance is setting its sights on $5 billion of property transactions over the next five years, as it launches two new funds to invest in Islamic-compliant housing. The two funds are Crescent Growth Fund and Crescent Finance Income Fund. Both ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The government has moved forward with the Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program with a singular registry platform, eliminating seven registry interactions. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for ...

Wingate announces acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Wingate has announced the acquisition of a significant equity interest in Fifo Capital Australia. Fifo provides invoice, supply chain and trade finance solutions to over 3000 Australian businesses. Wingate and Fifo have worked closely together since ...

Lakehouse Capital adds return-to-work appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... venture capital and private equity. Of this, she spent nine at Anacacia Capital as an investment director with the firms' SME fund. She was involved in all aspects of deal structuring, negotiation, and commercial due diligence, while also serving ...

QBE takes final hit in FCA test case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... suffered significant losses, resulting in large numbers of claims under business interruption (BI) policies," the FCA said. "Most SME policies are focused on property damage and only have basic cover for BI as a consequence of property damage. But some ...

Superhero to launch super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Online trading platform Superhero will go after the $2.9 trillion superannuation market, launching an APRA-regulated fund in early 2021. While the super fund is open to everyone, it is eyeing members with an average age of 30 with a minimum of $10,000. ...

QMV hires technology lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Wealth management consulting and technology firm QMV has made an appointment to the new role of general manager, technology. Jonathan Clamp will step into the newly created role of general manager, technology. Based in Melbourne, Clamp will report to ...

Advice for all could add $630bn to economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... work satisfaction, particularly among women. Looking at why Australians aren't seeking advice, the survey found consumer and SME expectations don't align with reality; they expect to see one professional for all types of advice, but regulation doesn't ...

NAB recruits 500 in hiring spree

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... has provided deferrals on more than 37,000 business loan payments, and has so far provided 6235 loans under the government's SME Guarantee Scheme. "We are focused on growing our market share in business and private banking by delivering our customers ...

Superhero nabs new recruits

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Newly launched online trading platform Superhero has nabbed two new recruits, including a former Commonwealth Bank executive and Shaw and Partners manager, as sign ups and activity across the low-cost platform soar. Superhero co-founder and chief executive ...