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ERS spending revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed what people who accessed their super early due to financial hardship caused by COVID-19 spent the money on. The ABS found that 29% of people who accessed their super in the early release of super program ...

Latitude IPOs despite spotted past

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... Harvey Norman. Consumer advocate group Choice called Latitude "a company that seems to specialise in driving people into the debt", due to Latitude's credit cards having interest rates as high as 24.99%. In 2019, Latitude was one of the companies named ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The federal government's debt levels soared 420% over the last 25 years, shifting Australia up two notches on the rankings of an index to 13 th place. According to the inaugural Janus Henderson's Sovereign Debt Index, the federal government ...

How advisers can capture young risk clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... Many of the issues range from relevance to perceived cost and complexity. Using a focus group of 10, the Millennials cited debt levels and being single with no dependents as reasons they don't purchase life insurance. "Even when they do have children ...

Alceon merges real estate unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... of the merger. The flagship Freehold Australian Property Fund will continue to operate under the Freehold brand, while all debt strategies will be consolidated under the Alceon brand. The move comes off the back of Alceon acquiring a 40% stake in the ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... this is sending the American economy to a roaring 2020's, it's also sparking concern over inflation and soaring US debt - according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), America's public debt soared from US$9 trillion to US$21 trillion ...

MCP builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... investment director, based in Sydney. He was at JLL for over a year and a half, joining from CapStra where he was a partner in debt advisory. Prior to this, Evans was an associate director at Pepper Financial Services in the property team and spent over ...

REA Group to acquire Mortgage Choice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... access to a large and engaged consumer audience." The transaction is expected to be funded by an increase in REA's syndicated debt facilities. Its existing $170 million syndicated debt facility, due to expire in December 2021, is expected to be partially ...

AMP, Ares deal up in the air

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... venture where Ares will assume the management control of the private markets businesses which includes equity, infrastructure debt, real estate and other minority investments, while AMP will retain a 40% stake. The 30-day exclusivity period in the heads ...

HGL acquires Supervised Investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... Investments' chief executive Michael Ohlsson resigned following a decision by the fund manager to pull out of global debt markets. Ohlsson said at the time Supervised Investments Australia had decided to discontinue managing assets in the global ...