Pepper Money champions financial literacy for professional athletes
PEPPER MONEY, as part of its partnership with the Wests Tigers, has championed financial literacy for professional athletes. In a session titled Mastering Money On and Off the Field, Pepper Money CEO Mario Rehayem reminded the NRL players to focus on long-term financial resilience and planning beyond their next contract. His key principles included:
- Automate saving 10 per cent of your income.
- Consider investing in property.
- Don’t build spending habits around temporary high earnings.
- Choose the right people to lean on for advice (including brokers, financial advisers, and accountants).
- Build a future that lasts beyond the game.
Wests Tigers’ Jared Haywood said: “It was confronting, but in the best way. I walked out thinking about my future, and how I can make smarter choices starting today.”
Loan Market hosts international conference
MAJOR BROKERAGE LOAN MARKET held its international Scale Up 2025 conference at the Novotel Sunshine Coast on 4–5 August, bringing together around 900 brokers from Australia and New Zealand.
Over the two days, brokers engaged with sessions on AI, including hearing about Loan Market’s testing of agentic AI tools, workshopping AI offerings, as well as learning about Loan Market’s biggest ever consumer campaign.
As well as hearing from Loan Market’s senior leadership team and insights from brokers on leadership and human connection, the two-day event showcased futurist and AI expert Joel Pearson, Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, branding authority Adam Ferrier, and motivational speaker Travis Bell.
The event capped off with the Loan Market International Awards and a Miami Vice-themed party.
