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Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... to poverty and housing prices. She added there will also be a significant number of people who hit retirement age with mortgage debt or rental obligations. "It's increasing significantly and that's two cohorts, people who couldn't afford to get into ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Facing dodgy dates, ticking biological clocks and an endless procession of nosey family members asking after their private life, single women have plenty on their plates - and all with a serve of financial disadvantage on the side. Global statistics ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... living in rural or remote Australia. "They weren't extracting their accumulated money to pay down debt, to pay off a mortgage or to put it into a house, they were doing it for other reasons... So, what we've seen is that when people do have early ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... Reserve Bank of Australia, small and medium enterprises are around twice as likely to default on their loans compared to mortgage customers and large corporations. Despite the narrowing spread between small and large business interest rates, recent increases ...

NZ advisers begin new licensing regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... get professional advice while making important financial decisions - like planning for retirement or getting the best mortgage structure or insurance policies - and greater confidence in whatever advice they receive," he said. The FMA will now focus ...

Link Group agrees to sell BCM arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... LCFH. "We have the desire, skill and determination to help the BCM leadership team to create a best in class, global mortgage and loan servicer." He added: "BCM has an excellent roster of banking and investor clients in Ireland, UK, Italy and the Netherlands ...

Residential mortgages will defy headwinds: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
The residential mortgage sector will withstand the current headwinds driven by rapidly rising interest rates and cost of living pressures, a new study finds. According to Foresight Analytics, there are three key factors that will mitigate the risks ...

We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered its tenth consecutive rate hike, raising the cash rate by 25bps to 3.60%, however RBA governor Philip Lowe signaled a break could be in sight. "We are closer to a pause," Lowe said today while speaking at ...

TIP Group to acquire advice firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... Founded in 2010, Enva is based in Adelaide with a satellite office in the Sunshine Coast and offers financial planning, mortgage broking, insurance broking, private lending and financial services licensing and compliance. Enva reported FY22 revenue of ...

ASIC bans mortgage broker for eight years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
An unlicensed mortgage broker who misled superannuation fund members about property investing has been banned from working in financial services for eight years. Christine Betty Childs, who was the director of Think Money and Think Money Wealth Through ...