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Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
New home buyers could save as much as $50,000 in home loan costs under a new product by NSW-based Nooo Commission Group, which yesterday launched a "flat fee" home loan - stripping away upfront commissions and trailing fees typically embedded in traditional ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
No more Libor pains. The trillions of dollars flooding the financial system have already bought optimism for an eventual economic recovery - now it is also buying trust. Trust among banks, that is. Yesterday, I talked about the Libor/OIS spread - a ...

Industry Super splits top job

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
Anthony Wamsteker, the long-time head of ME Bank is leaving the bank at year-end after his group chief executive role was replaced with two CEO spots to head ME Bank and Industry Funds Services/Industry Funds Management. Wamsteker has been the chief ...

Westpac lends aid to financial counsellors and SMEs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... news over the weekend of an agreement between the Federal Government and the four banks to provide mortgage relief to home loan owners who became unemployed as the market crisis took its toll on local and international businesses.

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
Investors can be better protected from the next investment bubble if the government legislate subsidised financial advice and support an insurance scheme that will hedge home-owners against extreme property prices, said Dr. Robert Shiller, the author ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... in December. This was nearly twice market expectation for a 3.5 per cent increase and the third straight month that home loan approvals advanced. Credit conditions may not be that tight after all. New dwelling approvals surged by 15.2 per cent over the ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... and fast track insurance claims. Their banking customers will also get financial assistance in the form of deferred home loan repayments; suspension of credit card repayments and emergency credit limit increases; and waiving the fees on early withdrawal ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... These CDs are purchased from US Treasury Bills, and the new rate follows the short-term rate published by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. The logic behind this, it said, is to ensure that the fund is "receiving fair compensation for its investment ...

Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is urging financial services providers to invest more in staff and systems to deal with client complaints after it found a high 23 per cent increase in the number of new disputes this year. FOS has released its ...