Regulators to update HELP debt guidance for mortgages

The federal Treasurer has announced “commonsense” changes to help more Aussies with student debt acquire their first home. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced that financial regulators – the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) – will be updating their lending rules in relation to Australians with HELP debt…

Creditors divided as StrongRoom sale D-day arrives

The fate of allegedly fraudulent Melbourne pharmacy software start-up StrongRoom AI will be decided in a high-stakes creditors’ meeting on Thursday with administrators opposing the sale of the business to an early investor, after uncovering irregularities in the company’s books. Administrators, HLB Mann Judd, favour a liquidation and asset sale to Brisbane-based pharmacy entrepreneur Joe…