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CHOICE rates reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
CHOICE has reviewed 23 reverse mortgages against a range of what it believes are "good practice" standards and found 10 to be satisfactory, 11 to be not good enough and two to be poor. The results are published in the latest CHOICE consumer magazine ...

Mortgage brokers bounce back in latest mystery shop

Mortgage and Finance brokers have beaten stereotypes to come up well in a survey of 104 members by the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, contrasting sharply with a recent CHOICE magazine report criticising the integrity of brokers selling ...

ALP would cut financial literacy funding: Dutton

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The Federal Government's www.understandingmoney.gov.au website has picked up a 'highly commended' award from a top selling internet magazine, but the Government has warned voters that the Opposition would cut funding for the Financial Literacy Taskforce ...

Less internet banking fraud at ANZ

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
ANZ say they have substantially cut internet banking fraud and confirmed that they see security as a competitive issue. ANZ, in a media release issued in connection with an award from an industry magazine, said that losses from internet banking fraud ...

RBC Dexia takes home Euro award for fourth time

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
RBC Dexia Investor Services has taken out the award for Transfer Agent of the Year at the International Custody and Fund Administration (ICFA) European Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The ICFA Awards are held annually by International Custody ...

Lehman Brothers acquires Grange Securities

US based investment giant Lehman Brothers has strengthened its foothold in the Asian region after acquiring Australian based Grange Securities. Lehman Brothers' Asia chief executive, Jesse Bhattal, said that Grange is a "natural partner" for the group ...

Asset Super launches into advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Asset Super is to offer its members access to low cost single-issue financial planning through Money Solutions. The planning service will be call centre based and Asset Super members who phone the fund's call centre will be transferred to Money Solutions ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
BankWest has been awarded Money magazine's Best of the Best award for reverse mortgages sold by banks while ABN AMRO won the award for the best non-bank reverse mortgage. Macquarie and CommBank came in second and third for the banks while Bluestone ...

HOST-PLUS is Money Magazine's best of the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
HOST-PLUS has won the Money Magazine Best of the Best super fund award for 2007. HOST-PLUS was also a finalist in the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards and this latest accolade caps off a big year for the public offer industry fund. David ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
The first nationwide natural resource management survey by the ABS has revealed the economic cost of ensuring the upkeep of the nation's natural resources that are used for agriculture. During the period 2004-05 farmers spent about $3.3 billion on natural ...