David Southwell

1 month ago | afr.com | David Southwell

Mar 5, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Investing in the booming private credit sector used to be the preserve of the ultrarich and institutions, but now the gates are wide open for smaller retail investors. An easily accessed online account offering a fixed investment term can be set up for as little as $2000. Loading...

1 month ago | afr.com | David Southwell

Mar 5, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The boom in managed private lending has regulators worried about protecting mum and dad investors leading a public watchdog to dig into the sector. After governments imposed stricter bank capital controls and lending regulations following the 2008 global financial crisis it was private credit’s time to shine. Loading...

2 months ago | thisismoney.co.uk | David Southwell

Coles will cull the range of similar products on its shelves by at least 10 per cent in a move the supermarket giant says will be easier and provide more choice for shoppers. An estimated 2500 items is set to disappear from stores to remove product duplication. However, suppliers are unlikely to be happy, having previously accused supermarket of culling products to 'pressure or punish them'.

2 months ago | thisismoney.co.uk | David Southwell

An Australian woman suddenly developed a Yorkshire accent after a lifechanging trip to the dentist led to a frightening cancer diagnosis and jaw reconstruction. Kim, who hails from Goulburn in the NSW southern tablelands, now sounds like a native from northern England, despite never being there and having no regular exposure to the distinctive accent. She has been diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome, a rare brain disorder triggered by psychological or neurological damage.

2 months ago | thisismoney.co.uk | David Southwell

Television star Catriona Rowntree has unleashed a stinging attack on a state government that 'should be ashamed' of plans to bury picturesque countryside under a massive solar farm. Having previously opposed the Victorian Labor government's plans to build a huge battery farm next to her family property near Little River, Rowntree is fighting a proposal to cover land at nearby Mount Rothwell under solar panels.