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Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... comparison. Home loan approvals in Victoria (68%) were the next-strongest, followed by Queensland (64.3%) and ACT (63.5%). House prices in Tasmania trumped the other locations, jumping 28.7% in the year to December 2021. NSW (up 26.2%), Queensland (up ...

Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Australian investors put almost three times as much cash into managed equity funds in 2021 as they did in 2020, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. Fund inflows rose to $35.7 billion across all assets in 2021, up from $13.6 billion ...

BNP Paribas AM appoints wholesale distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
BNP Paribas Asset Management promoted from within to fill the role of head of wholesale distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Previously head of key accounts and research within the wholesale distribution team, Thira Ngoeun now leads that team ...

Inflation to retreat in 2022: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... of the important differences - cyclical as well as technical (the treatment of housing, like including what an owner of a house would otherwise be paying in rent, and the inclusion of used cars, for example) - and that suggests that the inflation cycle ...

Advice firm rebrands, scores own AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... year to August 2021, Rainmaker found that 145 new AFSL applications were successfully registered during the period. Addi House principal and financial adviser Kearsten James and Pivot Wealth founder Ben Nash are some examples who drove the trend in 2021. ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... country faces include prolonged global supply chain disruptions, tighter global financial conditions, geopolitical tensions, a house price correction, and climate-related events. As for the labour market, PIMCO thinks its recovery has been uneven and ...

Merricks Capital appoints head of distribution

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... Management distribution team has taken a new role with Merricks Capital. Camelia Seric has joined the Melbourne-based investment house and non-bank lender as its new head of distribution. Spending 10 years at Bennelong, Seric played a major role in assisting ...

Advice firm targets teen financial literacy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JAN 2022
... child," he said. With the right skills and support, Scifo is hopeful that young Aussies will thrive and be able to afford a house within the next 10 years. "The stakes for these guys are much higher than they were for you and I, but the opportunities ...

Demand for retiree client book increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  SATURDAY, 1 JAN 2022
... of home loan books for sale from the major aggregators continue to be scarce, prices may rise further," Birt said. "With house prices up 40% in two years and approved loans up a similar level, upfront commission on the new loans has also risen, which ...

Spirit Super purchases landmark site in Tasmania's largest property deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... features six elements including a FJMT-designed office component of approximately 17,300 sqm, which is connected to Parliament House and leased to the Tasmanian state government until late 2037. Also included in the sale is the Marriott Group-managed ...