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CrowdProperty opens to retail investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... retail investors from the advantages of the residential property sector," Ingram said. "You can put in as little as $2500 to start and make additional investments from $500 across multiple project loans to diversify your portfolio." Loan terms typically ...

Pepper Money launches SMSF loan offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... $50,000 at a time in accordance with the SIS Act. Residential interest rates typically range from 6.99%, and near-prime rates start at 7.69%. Meanwhile, prime interest rates for commercial properties begin at 7.89%, with near-prime rates starting from ...

ASIC bans former PwC partner over tax scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... providing financial services or controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business for eight years. At the start of the year, Collins was barred by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) over integrity breaches following an investigation ...

Alpine Capital launches in Melbourne

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... investors can get access to." He added that the name 'Alpine Capital' is symbolic "as we take clients on a journey." "We start with companies, oftentimes private or pre-IPO, and take them from unlisted, potentially without a board, and help them ...

Former AMP Capital executive takes over at Selfwealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
SelfWealth has named Craig Keary as its new chief executive, set to assume the role next week. The news of Keary joining comes just days after the trading platform rejected a takeover bid from rival Stake. Stake was offering 17.5 cents per share, which ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... closely linked to the founder's personality. After using artificial intelligence to analyse the Twitter profiles of 21,000 start-up entrepreneurs, research conducted with the help of the Oxford Internet Institute, the University of Oxford, University ...

Life insurance industry profits double, premiums rise: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
Life insurance profits in Australia have soared to $1.2 billion, doubling in the year to 30 June 2023, primarily due to gains in superannuation business, according to KPMG's annual market review. Risk products recorded a $400 million profit in FY23 ...

Challenger posts record annuity sales

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
Challenger reported Total Life sales for the first quarter reached $2.8 billion, primarily driven by record annuity sales, contributing to substantial growth in its book value. The investment manager said annuity sales jumped by 17% to $2.1 billion ...

Selfwealth ditches Stake takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... the role of acting chief executive. Rob Edgley resigned as chair in April. Several board and executive changes made at the start of the year included the resignation of Huy Truong, Jodie Leonard, and John O'Shaughnessy. In addition to an executive ...

Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... where it is clear our climate targets are not being reached." "While it is important that we prevent a reoccurrence of 'stop-start' public capital investment as we have seen in the past, we must also consider the known challenges facing our society and ...