New fintech Boomer Home Loans to launch as Australia’s first over-55s specialist home loan provider

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A new Western Australian fintech focused on addressing residential lending challenges for older Australians is set to disrupt the traditional lending market by becoming Australia’s first specialist home loan lender... Read more continue reading

Opportunities in the ever changing Australian credit market

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The Australian credit market is forever evolving. The structure and breadth of the market today doesn’t look anything like the Australian credit market from twenty years ago, and certainly bears... Read more continue reading

Aged Care Steps announces 2022 is the year of the aged care adviser

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Industry leader Aged Care Steps has announced that 2022 is the Year of the Aged Care Adviser, with the culmination of an ageing population and market factors bringing aged care... Read more continue reading

Don’t play Russian roulette with portfolio construction

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While tensions have been building over several years, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has still been a shock to most observers. The impact on lives and livelihoods is, of course,... Read more continue reading

Three strategies for using home equity with retired clients

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After two years of living with the threat of COVID, its real and potential impacts on health and finances, in and out of lockdown, older Australian understand more than ever... Read more continue reading

The fisherman’s advice to the billionaire – why Australian small caps is the place to fish

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Years before he became a billionaire hedge fund manager, William “Bill” Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, trekked 10,000 kilometres to go fishing. Although Ackman had never fished a... Read more continue reading

Australian Retirement Trust divests Russian holdings

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“Australian Retirement Trust has instructed its investment managers earlier this week to sell any remaining debt and equity investments and not to make any new investments in either Russia, Ukraine,... Read more continue reading

Podcast 25: RBA ends QE and pushes back on rate hike

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The RBA continued to keep rates on hold this month even though Inflation picked up more quickly than they expected. The length of time it took to resolve supply chain... Read more continue reading

BNP Paribas Publishes Results of its 2022 Alternative Investment Survey: “The Hedge Fund Booster”

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BNP Paribas, Europe’s premier global bank, and its Prime Services business published yesterday its 2022 Alternative Investment Survey: “The Hedge Fund Booster.” BNP Paribas’ Capital Introduction team surveyed 224 allocators... Read more continue reading

Problems loom for conservative choice products in 2022 YFYS performance tests

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Conservative choice products will be challenged by the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test, with a number of problems and inconsistencies in the new regime set to be revealed,... Read more continue reading