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Introducing foreclosure-gate, the latest risk to a US recovery

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Recent court rulings have cast doubt on millions of mortgage foreclosures across the US, potentially reducing the value of investments held by Australian institutions in related assets. Court rulings across the country have found that millions of securitized ...

Govt to offer more choices on FHSAs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... however, the government said any 'left over' savings from the FHSA after the four years can be paid into an approved mortgage rather straight into a superannuation account. This will allow account holders to purchase a home earlier than planned and still ...

Grand currency sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010

CommInsure wins industry fund mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... members. CommInsure also now offers 'Life Events Cover' to the super fund's members upon key events including marriage, mortgage and the birth of a child, without any medical evidence, and fixed cover options for members. These additions increase the ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... tomorrow. Last month, the Fed decided to reinvest the principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into longer-term Treasury securities last month. At any rate, given Wall Street's positive reaction to the ...

Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Challenger's Howard Mortgage Fund proposes to make $850 million of funds available for investor redemptions by Christmas, as part of a major restructuring to improve returns and liquidity. In a statement, Challenger said it will ask all its mortgage ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent and decided to reinvest the principal repayments from agency debt and mortgage-back securities into long-term Treasuries because "...the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months." ...

Member engagement still strong: Russell

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... activities at different stages in their lives, according to Russell. Likening investment choice to making a change to a mortgage, de Mestre said judging member engagement on this activity alone may not be taking into consideration how often a member ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... $500 million of April 2020 bonds. In companies news, JP Morgan and Fujitsu Australia are due to release the Australian Mortgage Industry Report. And Future Fund chairman David Murray is listed to speak at a business lunch in Melbourne. Also, ANZ Banking ...

Balmain Trilogy support falls short

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Balmain Trilogy, the investment manager of the Pacific First Mortgage Fund (PFMF), fell short on votes to implement new strategy despite receiving majority support. Balmain announced that it received majority support of both unitholders and units voted ...