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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open flat with the SPI contracts slightly higher and after a weak lead from the US. Oil was down on Wall Street on Friday, although precious metals were higher, with gold closing over $US1,000 at the close of ...

Big Sky to aid BHP staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Big Sky Financial Solutions plans to provide general and personal financial advice to those members of its parent credit union affected by BHP Billiton mine closures. Paul Evans, Big Sky Financial Solutions director, said the financial planning division ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped overnight after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government would not buy banks' soured mortgage assets after all. Resource stocks also are likely to fall after oil ...

Snowball taps mining rich towns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Snowball financial planning subsidiary, Outlook Financial Solutions and Big Sky Credit Union signed a joint venture agreement to create Big Sky Financial Solutions and tap into the latter firm's cashed up mining and construction members. Big Sky Financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Australian markets have received a strong lead from Wall Street equities overnight, which finished almost 1.5 per cent higher. Oil, silver and gold were down, while copper was marginally higher. At 0757 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market has had a flat lead with New York indices closing mixed on Friday as worries about credit markets and the economy tempered investors' upbeat sentiments about falling oil prices. At 0738 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, with Wall Street and base metals in London offering negative leads on Friday, and the SPI futures index in Sydney down slightly. At 0752 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

Brokers accreditation mandatory: Bluestone

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Reverse mortgage brokers dealing with Bluestone Equity Release will be given until the end of April to get their SEQUAL accreditation up to speed, according to the specialist lender. All new and existing brokers distributing Bluestone reverse mortgage ...

Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Bluestone Group is the latest lender to make big cuts in its lending program in the face of increasingly risk-averse global debt markets. Bluestone, a specialist supplier of non-conforming loans, told staff and business partners yesterday that it would ...