Ignition appoints Andrew Baker as senior adviser

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Digital advice provider Ignition has appointed Andrew Baker as senior adviser, effective from October 2021. In the newly created role, Mr Baker will provide assistance and guidance to Ignition’s senior... Read more continue reading

Vacancy rates remain steady in September

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SQM Research has revealed national residential property rental vacancy rates rose to just 1.7% over the month of September 2021. Vacancy rates remained largely steady over the month of September,... Read more continue reading

AMP announces Private Markets Board appointments  

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AMP Limited has announced the appointment of Patrick Snowball as the Chairman designate and Andrew Fay as Deputy Chairman designate of the Board of AMP Capital’s Private Markets business (Private... Read more continue reading

New Head of Product at Midwinter

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Midwinter Financial Services Pty Ltd (Midwinter) has announced the appointment of Andrew Zietara as its new Head of Product. Zietara joins Midwinter from capital market technology solution provider GBST, where... Read more continue reading

Sofcorp Wealth joins new AFSL – new advice era requires alignment of values   

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Sofcorp Wealth Financial Advisors (Sofcorp) partners Tracey Sofra, Terry Sofra and Glenn Trickey have announced that the boutique financial planning practice headquartered in regional Victoria has transferred licensees and will operate under the AFSL of ASVW Financial... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 8 October, 2021

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Investment markets and key developments Global shares mostly rose over the last week as the US debt ceiling was pushed out to December and there was some easing in concerns... Read more continue reading

Nuveen strengthens its Real Assets platform with the launch of Nuveen Natural Capital and Nuveen Infrastructure

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Nuveen, a premier global asset manager, is enhancing its Real Assets platform, by bringing together its private real asset capabilities and launching two new business units, to create a more... Read more continue reading

Complaints about four major banks fall: AFCA 

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Consumer complaints about the four major banks fell seven per cent in 2020-21, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) says in new analysis of the 70,510 complaints it received overall... Read more continue reading

Holistic wealth advice practice celebrates 10-year anniversary

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Giles Wales, a boutique strategic, investment and tax advisory firm, has celebrated its 10-year anniversary. This marks a decade of providing advice to a range of private and multi-family office... Read more continue reading

Z Zurich Foundation and UNICEF launch global partnership to promote young people’s mental well-being 

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Z Zurich Foundation and UNICEF has launched a three- year partnership that aims to promote mental well-being among young people worldwide.  The partnership will equip 400,000 adolescents and 150,000 caregivers... Read more continue reading