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Aussies stick with DIY advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
The majority of Australians continue to control their finances rather than seek the help of a professional adviser, new research suggests. The survey of 2005 respondents canvassed by the Financial Planning Association of Australia's annual Money & Life ...

Lending curbs to impact housing market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... as tight as we've ever seen them." RiskWise chief executive Doron Peleg added that regulators are likely to aim to reduce debt-to-income ratios. "There has been some low deposit lending through the first homebuyer stimulus and boom, but that's now largely ...

Aviva Investors names credit lead, offloads US team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... who was promoted earlier this year. Hedges will lead teams across investment grade and high yield credit, emerging market debt, liquidity and securities finance. Purdie, who is now chief investment officer, liquid markets, said of Hedges: "She has a ...

Aussies confident about retirement spending: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
Amid the uncertainties of COVID-19, Australians are far more confident about their retirement than global counterparts, a new study shows. Most retired Australians said that they would have retired at the same age even if they had known about the events ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... announcement came simultaneous with the seeming resolution of Evergrande's - China's second biggest property developer - debt problems. Then again, the Fed was never worried about it. In his press conference, chair Jerome Powell intimated that ...

Boutique hires portfolio manager from Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... continuing to focus on franchise companies with a durable competitive advantage, organic growth opportunities, appropriate debt levels and strong cash flow generation," Burns said.

Federated Hermes releases strategy globally

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The investment manager has made the Federated Hermes Emerging Market Debt Strategy available to investors across the globe after only being available to US clients. The strategy aims to deliver capital growth and income by investing in sovereign, corporate ...

Former adviser banned after super theft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
A former financial adviser that was sentenced to six years' prison in May has now been permanently banned by ASIC. Ross Andrew Hopkins was permanently banned after being convicted of 15 dishonesty offences and misappropriating close to $3 million in ...

QIC builds infrastructure debt team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
QIC is continuing to expand its private debt footprint outside of Sydney and New York, with a new appointment. Nicholas Stockdale will join QIC Private Debt in London as the head of infrastructure debt, Europe. He will report to QIC head of infrastructure ...

ASIC provides licensing update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... financial year. ASIC suggested that the increase was mainly due to licensing reforms relating to insurance claims handling and debt management services. ASIC approved 458 new AFSLs and ACLs, compared to 394 last year. ASIC also approved 537 variation ...