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Planners turn property experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... residential property market. Tony Hayek, chief executive at founder at Blue Wealth Property, said the group's clients include mortgage brokers, accountants and approximately a dozen independently licensed financial planning groups. Hayek said the firm ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... afternoon. Contributing to the fall were falls in Chinese shares after Beijing denied reports it had loosened controls on mortgage lending, and a strong yen, which trimmed early gains amongst exporters. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng index closed ...

Macq taps planner needs for mortgages

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Macquarie Bank has launched a range of home loan products to cater for financial planners who want to expand their mortgage-related services. Macquarie Bank Mortgage Solutions' flagship product, Optimum Package, includes a number of options such as ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... payments. According to the American Bankers Association this rate has not been below 4.0 per cent since 2002; Finally, the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that home loan applications jumped by 7.0 per cent last week. See the financial press can ...

SCT chief Furlan talks tough on benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... the case for paying super benefits to beneficiaries, Furlan said that apart from a member's property and its attached mortgage and perhaps a car, the only other significant asset is his or her super. "If we pay super to estates, we force those people ...

MLC planning arms complete fee-for-service move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... fee-for-advice model for all new and existing superannuation and investments clients and new business for insurance and mortgage products.

Bookmakers fund adopts liquidity strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... investment strategies will each be divided into two parts. The first part will contain illiquid assets such as direct mortgage loans and unlisted mortgage trusts, which are currently held in the balanced investment strategies. Investors in this strategy ...

Accountants boost AU planner business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... year to boost planners' business. The arrangements see accountants refer their clients to Australian Unity planners and mortgage brokers. General manager of Australian Unity Personal Financial Services, Steve Davis, said the growth is expected to accelerate ...

End to unfair mortgage exit fees

ASIC AND CHOICE RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
ASIC has released a consultation paper on new laws regulating mortgage early exit fees, which are unconscionable or unfair. The new paper, titled Mortgage early exit fees: Unconscionable fees and unfair contract terms (CP 135), contains proposals that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... said Australian banks faced their own challenges, with fears of a housing bubble in Australia and heavy exposure to the mortgage sector. The big four banks were in the red all morning, with NAB down 40 cents at $23.98, Westpac losing 38 cents to $21.74 ...