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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... mortgage debt). This is compounded by the fact that most US home loans are non-recourse loans - they could just hand over their keys to their bank and the problem goes away. It becomes the banks problem. Why then would homeowners be willing to pay 31 ...

Knife falls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... just walk away? Unlike in Australia, property loans in the US is non-recourse, meaning borrowers could just hand in their keys to their banks and not worry about the discrepancy between the value of their house and the amount owed. It becomes the bank's ...

Cybercriminals target fin services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
One-stop shop financial services groups should be more vigilant about how they store and manage client accounts after a new report found that online criminals are getting better at exploiting stolen financial data. Security solutions provider Symantec ...

PIS creates NZ advice giant

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... group in a strong financial position as it considers other potential mergers and purchases. PIS NZ general manager, David Keys, will remain the country's general manager of the merged entity while Newpark chief executive, Darren Gannon was appointed ...

CHOICE warns of online fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Consumer watchdog CHOICE has outlined a list of online identity fraud techniques to protect consumers against the growing threat. CHOICE estimates identity fraud costs Australians roughly $1 billion affecting 500,000 people every year. Most are hit ...

Banks not ready for Web 2.0

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... require work by enterprise software vendors to convince the great majority of them that the technology won't be handing out the keys to the safe nor setting them up for lawsuits," said Turner.

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... thing - rising interest rates. Then we are back to square one. In addition, US homeowners are rapidly handing back their keys to their banks. First the NINJAs (No Income, No Jobs or Assets). No one expected them to be able to hang on their purchases ...

ING's Kincaid promoted

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... Ministry of Commerce in HR and training and development roles. Kincaid replaces the previous executive director, Brendan Keys, who was promoted to global head of HR for risk and compliance, reporting to Koos Timmermans, ING's chief risk officer, based ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
As markets turn from bad to worse, alternative investments have proven to be the keystone of solid returns when they turned into shock absorbers protecting investors from capital loss, said Select Asset Management. Since August last year, the sub-prime ...

Defence housing to double pipeline to $3bn

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... buck doesn't stop with low debt levels or the Federal and State Governments' support. Retail investors who hand over their keys to DHA deal with their administration staff - not their defence personnel - directly. From management fees to maintenance ...