TAL appoints Mercer as the implemented consultant for superannuation business

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TAL, Australia’s leading life insurance specialist, yesterday announced that TAL Superannuation Limited (TASL) has appointed Mercer Australia as their implemented consultant for the TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund (the Fund).... Read more continue reading

Fitzpatricks Group secures private ownership future and strong capital backing for national growth

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Fitzpatricks Group (the Group) yesterday announced a capital funding partnership agreement secured with Quadrant Private Equity and Yorkway Capital Partners to support the growth of Fitzpatricks as Australia’s leading, privately-held... Read more continue reading

Cars and renovations driving growth of P2P loans in the broker market

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More than 2,000 brokers are now using the RateSetter platform to source loans for their clients Vehicle loans the most popular for clients, followed closely by borrowing for home improvements... Read more continue reading

The danger of a knee-jerk reaction to regulatory reform

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The hot issue for many advisers right now is what they need to do to adjust for incoming regulatory reform…again…and the focus is almost always upon the short term.  Knee-jerk... Read more continue reading

Investors have the power to build gender diverse boards

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The 30% Club Australia, which is campaigning for 30% women on ASX 200 boards by the end of 2018, is calling for the investment community to engage on the issue... Read more continue reading

Confidence spikes: Now back above ‘average’

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Consumer sentiment; New home sales Consumer confidence: The weekly ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 3.9 per cent, lifting from a near 12-month low of 109.2 to 113.5 in... Read more continue reading

Professional indemnity insurance review completed

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A targeted review of professional indemnity (PI) insurance by ASIC has found that most small companies holding Australian financial services (AFS) licences had PI insurance that met regulatory requirements. We found,... Read more continue reading

Managed Accounts Holdings posts $1.47m NPBT

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Managed Accounts Holdings Limited (managedacaccounts.com.au, ASX:MGP), one of Australia’s leading managed discretionary account (MDA) providers, has posted a normalised net profit before tax of approx. $1.47 million for the year... Read more continue reading

Ignition Wealth appoints Simon Conroy as Investment Committee Chair

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Ignition Wealth CEO Mark Fordree yesterday announced the appointment of Simon Conroy as Chairman of the Ignition Wealth Investment Committee. Simon Conroy is a senior investment and banking professional whose... Read more continue reading