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ASF appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Fuller replaces outgoing chair, Phil Vernon. The ASF represents more than 120 organisations including banks, non-bank mortgage providers, investment managers, ratings agencies to promote advocacy, consensus and education. The forum has been working with ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Investors can be better protected from the next investment bubble if the government legislate subsidised financial advice and support an insurance scheme that will hedge home-owners against extreme property prices, said Dr. Robert Shiller, the author ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... advise let's say an older Australian who might be close to their retirement years to risk their whole life savings and re-mortgage their house or risk their house on the spin of a wheel, just short of their retirement." In outlining the need for the ...

AUSCOAL overhauls insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... can now obtain higher cover, without underwriting, when they experience a significant life event, such as a new baby, mortgage or marriage. They will also be able to increase their cover up to $100,000 on joining and transfer any insurance they may have ...

IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... "direct line of sight" to every business unit. For example, most retail banks receive data from numerous sources - their mortgage lending unit, credit card business and from their traditional banking arm. They may have also inherited data following mergers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... season gathers pace as it nears its close at the end of this week. First half results are due from NIB Holdings Ltd, Mortgage Choice Ltd, Asciano Group, Seven Network Ltd, Goodman Fielder Ltd, Macquarie Telecom Group Ltd, Centro Retail Group and Centro ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... and investment institutions cannot be allowed to fail, shareholders cannot be allowed to experience substantial losses, mortgage borrowers should keep their homes. The US Treasury Department, along with other government financial regulators, announced ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP) designed to lower US homeowners' mortgage repayments and stem the flow of foreclosures scored a big thumbs down. No doubt President Obama's intentions are good ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... billion Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP). Yes we can! '... all of us are paying a price for this home mortgage crisis. And all of us will pay an even steeper price if we allow this crisis to deepen - a crisis which is unraveling homeownership ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... NEW YORK - Stocks declined on Wall Street on Wednesday as President Barack Obama released details of his $75 billion mortgage relief plan and investors remained uncertain about the prospects for the economy. Obama's announcement of the plan comes a day ...