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Caddick's husband chases payday

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022

The former hairdresser husband of missing, presumed deceased, fraudster Melissa Caddick is continuing to pursue a stake of the wealth Caddick dishonestly amassed - despite ASIC attempting to claw back funds for victims. Anthony Koletti has been married ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes for April have strongly suggested that inflationary and wage growth developments have brought forward the likely timing of the first interest rate increase. Interest rates in Australia haven't been raised since ...

APRA, ASIC publish life claims and disputes data

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022

APRA and ASIC have released the latest Life Insurance Claims and Disputes Statistics publication that presents key industry-level claims and dispute outcomes. The publication featured outcomes for 20 Australian life insurers writing direct business ...

Mayfair sues Mission Beach lender

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022

Mayfair 101 and its founder James Mawhinney are now suing the financier that allowed the company to purchase property in Mission Beach. Mayfair 101 obtained bridging finance, to purchase the Mission Beach property, from Napla between late 2019 and early ...

Harvest Hotels snaps up Wagga pub

CHLOE WALKER | THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022

Wagga Wagga's prime-positioned CBD pub, The Vic, has been sold to Harvest Hotels for $29 million. Located on Baylis Street, the popular pub features a separate cocktail bar known as The Loft on the building's first floor, a public bar with TAB and viewing ...

Easter Bunny feels the inflationary pinch

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022

Funds management boutique Firetrail Investments has highlighted soaring cocoa commodity prices this Easter break via its chocolate index. Firetrail's global chocolate index has shown that select cocoa related commodities have risen 32% since the start ...

ETF growth slows but investors remain resilient

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022

... industry grew 4.1% month on month and ended March with a valuation of $135.4 billion, a whisker from the highs recorded in December ($136.9 billion). Aside from the increase in asset values, the BetaShares review also found ETF investors had returned ...

3000 advisers left industry last year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022

More than 3000 financial advisers left the industry in the last 12 months, according to Rainmaker's most recent analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register. The number of ASIC-registered financial advisers decreased 15% through the 12 months to ...

Former ANZ Australia head in new role

CHLOE WALKER | TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022

Fred Ohlsson has joined wealth management firm Amplifi Group as managing director. Ohlsson announced in December 2018 that he was taking a career break, stepping down from the role of group executive for Australia at ANZ. He left ANZ in 2019 and in ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022

Calastone insights have found that Australians' investment appetite has cooled markedly in the first quarter of 2022. The quarterly fund flow index from Calastone found that after record inflows to managed equity funds in 2021, the value of new cash ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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