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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on firmer commodity prices and a positive lead from Wall St. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 86 points at 6440. Today, ABB Grain Ltd annual results ...

Rising Star calls for home loan tax relief

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Association of Financial Advisers 2007 Rising Star winner Chris Browne has suggested Australia could end its Gen X and Y housing affordability problems by extending tax deductions on margin loans to home loans. He said while the idea was not a new one ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... subpoenas to government-sponsored mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of an investigation into the home loan industry. By the preliminary close in New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 311.52 points, or 2.27 per cent ...

Funding costs trim Suncorp banking profit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... banking - comprising new branches in Queensland and Western Australia and securing a greater share of broker-sourced home loan business - would require 270 new customer service positions over three years including 125 at the front line. The banking and ...

Aviva offers home loan discounts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... Wizard Home Loans to offer Navigator Business Super plan members a $0 application fee on Wizard's Smart Choice Variation home loan. The offer will save members approximately $350 on the regular application fee, according to Wizard chairman Mark Bouris. ...

Members Equity appoints IR head

Members Equity Bank has promoted Andrew Wynn to investor relations manager. Wynn will support Jack Diamond, in the wholesale funds business development business, and Tom Bekiaris, financial information manager in promoting the wholesale investment opportunities ...

Growing credit crunch casualty list

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
Most economists and market analysts seem to believe the worst of the sub-prime storm has passed however, the ambulances continue rolling in casualties. Japan's largest brokerage, Nomura Holdings has joined the wounded list, posting its first quarterly ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...

Having another crack at online mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
As business models go, one of the all-time worst may be selling home loans on the internet. Countless online mortgage companies have come and gone. The big banks with active direct mortgage sales arms report that the contribution those businesses make ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker today, after US stocks dipped in light trading volume on Monday as investors locked in profits from Friday's record-setting rally. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share ...