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Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... stretched and the low interest rate environment is a contributor to that... The factor that demonstrates that consumers and home loan borrowers aren't overly stretched is that they are showing the ability to make excess payments," said Miall. In QIC's ...

FSC salutes choice reforms, ISA calls for more transparency

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... super funds to provide easy to understand, comparative information about all of their investment options, much like home loan comparisons."

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... likely to increase and this, along with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) monitoring the level of home loan lending, as well as business conditions not expected to improve markedly, means we are unlikely to see a lot of growth coming ...

CBA refunds $80m for failing to apply discounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will refund about $80 million to around 216,000 Wealth Package customers as a compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest concessions and other benefits since 2008. The Wealth Package offered benefits such as interest ...

Westpac to refund unwanted insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... in periods where they did not intend to be covered. The ASIC review covered customers who took out Mortgage Secure or Home Loan Protection insurance policies when applying for home loans; the regulator found that Westpac was charging premiums even when ...

ING DIRECT super manager promoted

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Former ING DIRECT manager superannuation Tim Hewson has been appointed to a new role internally to become national partnership manager, residential lending and wealth. ING DIRECT has made the appointment on the back of a "growing convergence of the ...

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The continuing message for Australians to seek financial advice on their savings, be it retirement or otherwise, could not be more clear. Australian comparison site finder.com.au has released statistics from an annual survey known as the Money Savvy ...

Mortgage Choice pulls comparator platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
Home loan broker Mortgage Choice has pulled its online comparator platform, helpmechoose.com.au (HMC), after a strategic review. In the company's full year result announcement, chief executive John Flavell said the distribution tool failed to live ...

NAB exec to head AMP Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... responsible for all areas of the group's banking division. This includes its range of savings and transaction accounts, home loan products, strategy, marketing and distribution. Prior to NAB, she had an extensive career with Macquarie Group, including ...

ME Bank invests $90 million for a digital future

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... deposit or transaction account has been cut from five days to five minutes; the time to get conditional approval on a home loan from three days to three minutes," McPhee said. The five-year transformation employed 25 vendors and more than 700 personnel ...