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Market Movers (10 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... owner-occupied housing declined by 7.9 percent in May and by 25 percent in the four months to May., BankWest raised its variable home loan interest rate by 20 basis points to 9.55 percent. This followed St.George's announcement last 5 July raising its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... by a sharp fall in oil prices and hopes the US Federal Reserve will continue to support banks hit by the US subprime home loan crisis. Dealers said sharp gains on Wall Street on Tuesday, led by the banks on encouraging comments from Fed chairman Ben ...

Members Equity to offer super banking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... that people can use with their super," said Wamsteker. The move potentially has a wider industry impact as MEB provides home loan services to industry funds, which have a total of five million members. According to Rainmaker Information, the bank also ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... recommendations from the report are that Treasury investigate whether Australia should consider an "Aussie Mac" type home loan scheme (based upon US style programs), that the public housing stock increase to 10 per cent of total housing by 2020, that ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... underwriting. Loan Cover includes up to $500,000 terminal illness and death cover and can be distributed via any Australian home loan provider. The product is available for Australian home loan applicants aged between 18 and 54 years of age and is "activated" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... mood on Wall Street by raising its growth outlook and unveiling a plan to raise new capital to support the beleagured home loan market. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66.20 points, or 0.52 per cent, to end at 12,898.38. The Standard & Poor's 500 ...

IRESS to provide mortgage analytics

... TransActive Systems. Traditionally, advisers tend to refer their clients to mortgage brokers or mortgage specialists for any home loan advice. But IRESS Wealth Management general manager Andrew Walsh noted that advisers these days are already incorporating ...

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 ...

Five core banking systems overhauled at CBA

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
Commonwealth Bank hopes to get first mover advantage over its big bank rivals by launching a project to overhaul several of its most antiquated, but core, information systems. CBA yesterday briefed the media and investors on plans to spend $580 million ...

Yellow Brick Road names COO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Specialist wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road has appointed Chandu Bhindi as chief operating officer. Chandu is an accountant with 20 years of banking and finance experience. He developed his early career with Westpac in its retail bank transformation ...