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Mariner joins SEQUAL to promote reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
With plans to grow its reverse mortgage offering, Mariner Retirement Solutions has announced it has become a member of the Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL). SEQUAL is a not-for-profit body for providers of equity release ...

DB, healthcare costs blow out US valuations: AXA Rosenburg

The way US company financials are analysed impacts their true valuations and the true price that should be paid for their stocks. With IFRS phasing in around the world, the way companies and stock analysts factor in things like DB and healthcare funds ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

The head of the financial planner-funded Westpoint Recovery Fund, Ian Bristow, has called on Westpoint's secured creditors such as ING, MFS, LM Investment and Perpetual, to help salvage investments poured into the company before it's too late. Three ...

SIMON Transport joins TWUSUPER

Transport industry fund TWUSUPER takes the fund members of SIMON Transport under its wing after the corporate fund said it is winding up due to the increased licensing and regulatory requirements of the new super choice regime. The superannuation fund ...

Super splitting to go ahead in new year

Couples can now plan their superannuation together, as the Howard Government passed the long awaited splitting superannuation bill through senate on Friday night. The bill is expected to allow contributions made on or after January 1, 2006 to be split ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

Hedge funds and alternative investments will not be ruled out of the Future Fund according to Treasury officials, ending months of uncertainty that kept hedge and alternatives fund managers on tenterhooks. Kim Ivey, chairman of the industry's peak body ...

Costello pledges $18bn to pump-prime his Future Fund

The Future Fund legislation will be pushed through Parliament today, with Treasurer Peter Costello announcing an initial allocation of $18 billion towards the fund charged with managing the federal government's unfunded super liabilities. Costello's ...

Over 65s insurance blues over

Insurance provider Aviva has launched an insurance product for people aged over 65 in a positive step towards addressing the longer life expectancies of retirees. "It is a trend that's now starting to happen in the market. The recognition that people ...

Plastic debt to reach $48 billion

Consumer borrowing through credit card is predicted to reach just under $48 billion by 2009 prompting calls for tighter government regulation to curb potentially unsustainable borrowing. The inaugural research on credit card debt conducted by market ...

New EFTPOS puts bank in spotlight: First Data

First Data International has launched an integrated EFTPOS system that will likely prove popular to consumers and raise the standard for the kind of EFTPOS facilities that should be available in banks. The new system has a so-called 'Dynamic Currency ...