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RBA anticipated to lift the cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
According to Finder's RBA Cash Rate survey, 97% of economists and experts have forecast that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will increase the cash rate today. The survey found that almost two-thirds of respondents predicted a rise of 50 basis ...

Data demonstrates success of compulsory super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... $1.5 million while 16.9% have $200,000 - $500,000. Data also found 81% owned their own home and 11% owned a home with a mortgage, just 2% used the equity of their home in retirement. Further, men were more likely than women to consider a reverse mortgage ...

What's missing for advisers: Atchison Consultants

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... explained the Composite Index only includes eight sectors of the fixed income market but excludes floating rate Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities, anything beneath investment grade and an extensive range of other asset-backed options that constitute ...

Iress records 29% jump in profit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... to investment in fund registry as part of investment infrastructure, and delayed growth in the UK where it retained a mortgage business.

AMP to return $1.1bn to shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... the group has pinned much of its hopes for recovery on - saw its NPAT almost halve to $46 million. On the upside, its mortgage book grew at about 1.15x faster than the rest of the industry, AMP said. "AMP is entering its next era as a significantly simplified ...

Pension fund manager completes $600m MaxCap commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... commitment and taken out an option to double the investment to $1.2 billion. The partnership will continue to target first mortgage stretch-senior loans lending across all real estate asset classes on behalf of APG's pension fund clients, MaxCap said. ...

Financial product registrations up 30%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... the key registration growth driver, having increased approximately 14% on the prior year. "Closed end products such as mortgage trusts continue to increase their contribution to overall registration growth numbers." APIR also expanded its identification ...

TAL completes acquisition of Westpac Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... another important step in Westpac's ongoing strategy to simplify, having also offloaded its general insurance and lenders mortgage insurance units in Australia and its New Zealand life insurance business.

MSC Trustees appointed by Alceon

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
Alceon Group has selected MSC Trustees to serve as trustee and responsible entity for two of its funds. The mandate is for the Alceon Australian Property Fund and Alceon Debt Income Fund. In taking on the mandate, MSC Trustees will replace Certane Group's ...

Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is instituting the first major review of the setting of monetary policy and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) since the 1990s. In the context of Australia facing a complex combination of difficult economic conditions, Chalmers ...