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Banks enjoy mortgage windfall, sort of

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
The reverse mortgage market is in the doldrums following the withdrawal from the market by one lender and sharp cutbacks by a couple of others. But brokers report that while there is still demand from people who need access to funds even though applications ...

AMP roadmap to growth

AMP's newly-appointed chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the group's five-pronged growth plan ahead of the predicted doubling of the superannuation industry's size within the next 10 years. Speaking at the group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) today ...

FSP and Oasis sign admin deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
FSP Portfolio Services has switched its administrator of superannuation and IDPS products from Avanteos to Oasis Asset Management. Avanteos will continue to work with FSP Portfolio Services until the scheduled change to Oasis Asset Management in April  ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas overnight, with Wall Street up but base metals down in London. But in Sydney, the futures index was up. At 0805 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up eleven ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
South Australian broker trading representative Kym Andrew Sellers was last Friday sentenced to four years jail with a two-year non-parole period following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. On 7 April 2008, Sellers ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australian housing finance commitments for owner-occupied housing fell by a seasonally adjusted 6.1 per cent in March, which was much worse than the median market forecast for a one per cent fall. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said 59,371 home ...

Equity markets back in style

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The world equity markets shrugged off the lingering effects of the share market downturn to report impressive returns in April, said Standard & Poor's (S&P). According to S&P's monthly global stock market review, The World by Numbers, developed markets ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

Ironbridge to buy Bravura

Financial services software provider Bravura has announced a takeover proposal from private equity firm Ironbridge Capital which values the group at more than $270 million. Under the proposal, a company to be owned by funds advised by Ironbridge and ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
The economy continues to send mixed signals with the latest retail trade figures showing that despite confidence falling and concerns over credit rising we are yet to slow down our spending. According to the ABS, the trend estimate of retail turnover ...