LAB Group selected to join Mastercard Start Path startup engagement program

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Australia’s most integrated end-to-end digital onboarding and compliance provider, LAB Group is pleased to announce that Mastercard has selected the Company to join the award-winning Mastercard Start Path startup engagement... Read more continue reading

Rate hike worries rattle consumers

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Weekly consumer confidence; CBA card spending; CBA Household Spending Intentions The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating fell by 1.9 per cent to 99.9 points. Last week, household views on... Read more continue reading

MetLife and AIST join for major partnership

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MetLife and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have announced a two-year partnership, that will see the insurer become a principal partner of the peak body for Australia’s $1.6 trillion profit-to-member... Read more continue reading

Real Asset Management appoints global real estate veteran as Head of Funds Management to drive ongoing growth

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Australian owned wealth and asset manager, Real Asset Management (RAM), has appointed global real estate veteran Matthew Strotton as Head of Funds Management for its Real Estate Division as it seeks... Read more continue reading

Cafes and restaurants surprise winners; record petrol price

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Retail Trade; Job ads; Weekly energy market update Retail trade fell by 4.4 per cent in December after rising 13.6 per cent in the three previous months. Retail trade rose... Read more continue reading

MLC Life Insurance boosts group insurance credentials with new hire

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MLC Life Insurance has appointed Chris Porter, former Executive Manager for Operations at MTAA Super (now Spirit Super), as its new Head of Fund Partnerships. Starting in the role this... Read more continue reading

Letters of Advice? Let’s drop the semantics

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A recent call by some industry commentators to move to a ‘Letter of Advice’, is simply playing with semantics, according to Synchron’s new General Manager – Compliance, Phil Osborne. “Discussions... Read more continue reading

Ares Global Credit Income Fund receives second Recommended rating

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The Ares Global Credit Income Fund (the “Fund”) has received a ‘Recommended’ rating from investment research provider, Lonsec. The Fund was awarded the same rating from Zenith Investment Partners in... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 4 February, 2022

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets rose over the last week helped by a rally from oversold conditions, mostly good US earnings results and as Fed officials downplayed... Read more continue reading

Zenith reaffirms ‘Recommended’ rating for Barwon Global Listed Private Equity Fund – AF

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PAN-Tribal Asset Management, which distributes the Barwon Global Listed Private Equity Fund – AF, has advised that Zenith Investment Partners has reaffirmed the Fund’s Recommended rating. According to its report,... Read more continue reading