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Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Surging rental demand combined with damp house prices might finally be attracting more cashed-up investor capital into the housing market. According to the April 2008 Housing Finance figures just released by the ABS, while the value of owner occupied ...

MLC adopts straight through processing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... manual handling as it is fully automated, according to Anthony Waldron, general manager of MLC Platforms. "When an application is submitted online, a new account will be automatically set up on MLC's systems and advisers will receive the new account ...

BT Wrap to offer short form insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... growing list of wealth management providers offering simpler and faster insurance when it developed an online short form application as part of its personal insurance service available on its wrap platform. In September last year, the firm launched its ...

Banks enjoy mortgage windfall, sort of

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
The reverse mortgage market is in the doldrums following the withdrawal from the market by one lender and sharp cutbacks by a couple of others. But brokers report that while there is still demand from people who need access to funds even though applications ...

Advisers change tack on life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... are paramount to getting adviser to sell more insurance. "Technology is certainly becoming more important, as the application process gets simpler, the easier is, the more advisers can sell," said Halbert. "It's no longer about the product disclosure ...

Super SA and Bravura signs deal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Super SA has extended its contract with wealth management applications provider Bravura Solutions for a further three years. The South Australia-based superannuation fund has prolonged its ePASS contract and the use of the Members and Employer modules ...

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 ...

Money for Living practice is not RM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) is distancing itself from Money for Living, stating the business was not involved in promoting and selling reverse mortgages. On Monday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Private wealth managers bank on CRM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
The need for bigger and better integrated customer management technologies is on the increase as private wealth managers jostle for a bigger share of the high net worth investors market. Eric Moore, director of sales and marketing at StayinFront Australia ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... with the information if they request it and insurers need to provide reasons for either modifying or rejecting an application in relation to new applications or increases on existing policies, according to the Standard. The Standard affirms "members ...