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HESTA members get insurance boost

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... divorce, a child starting primary or secondary school, getting a degree, death of a spouse, salary hike, taking out a mortgage or moving into full-time from part-time work. "Removing some of the barriers that traditionally prevent Australians from increasing ...

Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift form alliance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift Australia have joined forces to offer mortgage brokers the facility to be able to take part in SMSF limited recourse loans. The alliance, which sees the creation of the AFM SuperShift product, means brokers can ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... significant share of government bond supply while the stock of safe assets reduced due to the European sovereign debt and US mortgage crises. "Intermediate interest rates have fallen to very low levels. We think they now offer a very low risk premium ...

Big Sky members vote in favour of Australian Unity deal

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... and in doing so, we will be able to offer our members competitive deposit and loan interest rates, as well as an online mortgage product that we believe will be very appealing," said Mead. Mr David Bryant, chief executive officer of Australian Unity ...

Mortgage Choice to launch planning business

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Mortgage Choice will launch its own financial planning business during the next financial year as part of its own diversification strategy. Currently a large independently-operated mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice Limited, announced during its interim ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia Head of Financial Stability Department Luci Ellis is to give a speech to the Australian Mortgage Conference, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its Average Weekly Time Earnings (AWOTE) for three months ...

BEN announces solid results

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has announced an after tax statutory profit of $57.9 million for the six months ending December 31 2011, forecasting a difficult six months ahead due to market volatility and revenue challenges. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) ...

ANZ reaches $1.48bn in three months

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... around 1000 jobs by September 30 to adjust to weak demand for financial services while also raising its standard variable mortgage rates independently of the central bank. "There is no question that adapting to this environment creates real challenges. ...

Countplus subsidiary readies for acquisition

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... company. The PEC Group includes a professional independent property buying service for accountants, financial planners and mortgage brokers. Countplus said the acquisition would assist the group to diversify its income away from hourly-based accounting ...

Provident Capital Monthly Income Fund upgraded

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... Income Fund aims to provide investors with competitive monthly returns that are in the top 25% of all Australian retail mortgage investment trusts based on returns for 1 year.