New property listings increased in March

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Key Points National residential property listings increased in March by 7% from 296,770 listings in February 2020 to 307,847. Compared to 12 months ago, listings were down by 13.8%. All... Read more continue reading

FASEA releases February exam results

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FASEA has released exam results from the fourth Financial Advisers Exam held in February 2020. Result highlights include: the exam was held in 7 metropolitan and 10 regional centres across... Read more continue reading

Brighten Home Loans appoints industry veteran as Head of Distribution

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Rapidly growing Australian non-bank lender Brighten Home Loans (‘Brighten’) has appointed industry veteran Natalie Sheehan as Head of Distribution. Sheehan has 30 years’ lending industry experience, most recently as General... Read more continue reading

Who pays stay-at-home employees if they won’t get JobKeeper?

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If the Federal Government orders people to stay home under Biosecurity Alert, do employers need to pay employees? For those businesses that don’t qualify for JobKeeper payments, this article points... Read more continue reading

Aussie sharemarket: Where do we stand?

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Sharemarket update Australian sharemarket: The ASX 200 index has fallen around 29 per cent from the February 20 high. Long-term performance: In 144 years of calendar-year records, the Australian sharemarket... Read more continue reading

Financial services consumers need help now – FP subsidy a solution worth considering  

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Sequoia Financial Group Ltd (Sequoia) Managing Director Garry Crole has identified an urgent need for consumers to receive financial advice relating to the COVID 19 support packages and calls on... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 3 April, 2020

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Coronavirus concerns continued to create volatility in investment markets over the past week, but the good news is that it remains... Read more continue reading

Homesafe continuing to assist over 60s release the funds they need whilst ‘home’ and ‘safe’

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Seniors debt-free equity release provider Homesafe Solutions Pty Ltd continues to operate during the COVID-19 crisis, helping seniors in need of funds in these very difficult times. Homesafe’s debt-free equity... Read more continue reading

Janus Henderson hires Matthew Peron as Director of Centralized Equity Research; Carmel Wellso to take well-deserved sabbatical

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Janus Henderson has announced the hiring of Matthew Peron as Director of Centralized Equity Research. He was most recently Chief Investment Officer of City National Rochdale. He will begin at... Read more continue reading

AFA welcomes economic stimulus packages

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) welcomes the Government’s economic responses to the coronavirus. AFA CEO, Philip Kewin says this week’s announcement and the introduction of the JobKeeper Payment program, gives millions... Read more continue reading