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Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Bluestone Group is the latest lender to make big cuts in its lending program in the face of increasingly risk-averse global debt markets. Bluestone, a specialist supplier of non-conforming loans, told staff and business partners yesterday that it would ...

Lending practices lack clarity

... of what is in fact a very small problem," said Mott. Alistair Jeffery, group chief executive of non-conforming lender Bluestone Group, said at a property conference that the local housing market and the US are like chalk and cheese. "Australia is fortunate ...

BT appoints new CFO and replaces multi-strategies head

... replacing Al Clark who resigned from the role citing personal reasons. MacGregor was previously chief financial officer at Bluestone Group where he oversaw securitisation deals and the management of $2.5 billion in assets. "Macgregor brings to the chief ...

SEQUAL to boost reach through education

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... third accredited equity release course, run by the Over Fifty Group, joining those run by the MFAA and fellow lender Bluestone. "Brokers and financial advisers need to understand this new product category, how their clients might benefit from reverse ...

CHOICE rates reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... dispute resolution scheme. Reverse mortgages that CHOICE said met their standards (in alpha order) are ABN AMRO, Bank SA, Bluestone, Home Building Society, Integris, Mariner, Police and Nurses Credit Union, SGE Credit Union, St George and Vision Equity ...

LIXI makes lending technologies more affordable

... within the lending industry. Among its 85 members are ANZ, AMP, Commonwealth Bank, Bank of Queensland, ING, St George, Bluestone and RAMS Home Loans. Previously, each member has to pay a membership package to use the e-commerce solutions that were developed ...

Reverse mortgage standards under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
... founding member of the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) and chief executive officer of Bluestone Equity Release, said the results were not surprising. "I think the message there [on the mortgage broker side] is generally ...

Reverse mortgages to mature: SEQUAL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... Association of Lenders (SEQUAL). Dell backed up the findings of a recent Trowbridge Deloitte survey commissioned by Bluestone that revealed half of the survey respondents felt that reverse mortgages would be an important planning tool within the next ...

MEB warns on reverse mortgages

... which inevitably leads to less cash for beneficiaries." Peter McGuinness, chief executive of reverse mortgage provider Bluestone Equity Release, responded to the claims. "Yes, clients have to understand the contractual risks and make sure that the planner ...

Bluestone targets the smaller end of town

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Bluestone Group is striding into more new territory with the announcement that it is establishing a new lending arm servicing the self-employed, sole traders and professional investors in the $10 billion commercial property market. The group has established ...