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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 ...

Brokers accreditation mandatory: Bluestone

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008

Reverse mortgage brokers dealing with Bluestone Equity Release will be given until the end of April to get their SEQUAL accreditation up to speed, according to the specialist lender. All new and existing brokers distributing Bluestone reverse mortgage ...

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 ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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