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Provident Capital reaffirms solvency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... sufficient net tangible assets to meet its obligations following last week's action in the Federal Court by the trustee for mortgage debenture holders. On June 13 Australian Executor Trustees (AET), applied to the Federal Court following concerns regarding ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... retirement. The report, titled Financial Wellbeing: Concerns and choices amongst older Australians, also found that having a mortgage increases the likelihood of delaying retirement by 20%, three quarters of people aged between 50 and 85 have cut back ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
What did you expect? Naturally with the G-20 about to conclude their meeting today and the US Federal Reserve holding policy deliberations, the financial market air would be rife with speculation. Rumours out of Los Cabos, Mexico propelled stock markets ...

MLC Advice names new state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Tasmania. He has over 16 years' banking and finance experience and has developed a deep understanding and insight of the mortgage broking and financial planning markets, said a company representative. Cassidy is currently state manager (Victoria), MLC ...

AUI opens Office Property Fund to new investment

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
Australian Unity Investments has re-opened the Office Property Fund to investment, which has been closed since 2008 and will offer a capped withdrawal opportunity for redemptions from the Fund. Australian Unity Investments (AUI) acquired the Office ...

Super sector turning to dedicated long-term lenders

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... construct and actively manage a diversified granular portfolio of mid-sized ($5-$10M) Australian and New Zealand first mortgage secured commercial real estate loans.

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... only the very brave buying their debt issuances. And it's not just this. Remember, Bankia? Yes, Spain's second largest mortgage lender and fourth largest bank. The one the government rescued with a a,-4.5 billion injection about two weeks ago? Seemed ...

Investors focus on Russian consumer stocks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... was given out for free - so everyone started without a debt burden," said Hanson-Lawson. "Today in Russia, the average mortgage debt outstanding is $180 - which is absolutely nothing. Secondly no one borrowed money in the 1990s because the whole transition ...

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... downward projection, there's no indication at all that households will spend the savings that might flow through from lower mortgage interest rates on retail or service industry purchases," El-Ansary said. "I think the return to surplus timetable has ...