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SSF pension stoush all but resolved as Minister guarantees benefits

... industrial action around the time of the Commonwealth Games. It was last reported that the Victorian Minister for Finance, John Lenders, and the SSF and ESSS boards were locked in a roundtable discussion over member fears of reductions to entitlements. ...

Full steam ahead for reverse mortgages

... (ASF) and Vision Equity Release. Kieren Dell, executive director of the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL), said that the increasing number of providers in the industry gives consumers more choices. He added there are a ...

Margin lending gets independent LIFT

... of its product ownership. "This [LIFT's position] is in contrast to the position facing almost all of the other margin lenders as they are owned by banks, aggressively expanding into wealth management services that compete directly with their external ...

ESSS call off industrial action and work bans

Emergency workers and the Victorian Finance Minister, John Lenders, have come to an "interim settlement" over a fund merger dispute that erupted last month. Emergency workers and members of the The Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme (ESSS) have ...

Cash King to refund $170k for hidden fees

... after finding them guilty of charging hidden commission and fees. Cash King is one of a long line of finance brokers and lenders such as Mortgage Choice, Mortgage Point and Structured Financial Solutions who have been caught redhanded engaging in misleading ...

ESS and SSF super fund talks deadlocked

... Superannuation Fund (SSF) amid their concerns members' defined benefits might be reduced. The proposal by the Finance Minister John Lenders to merge SSF into ESSS has sparked controversy because ESSS has an accumulation division as part of the plan while ...

Aviva and Wide Bay join forces to buy Financial Technology

... Wales and South East Queensland creating wealth for its clients using investor equity. Wide Bay is one of its preferred lenders and the organisation uses Navigator for its investment platform. Wide Bay's share of the acquisition will see it strengthen ...

Popularity of reverse mortgages set to rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2005
... amount advanced per loan was approximately $50,000. However, Datamonitor financial services analyst Alex Boorman said most lenders were yet to realise the potential of the product and that consumer perceptions of the reverse mortgages remained largely ...

APRA cautions institutions on property valuations

... Authority (APRA). In its survey on the property valuation practices used by authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) and lenders mortgage insurers (LMIs) APRA found that changes to valuation methodologies in recent years could potentially increase ...

ASIC moves against misleading advertising

... regulator, ASIC formed the view that the statements were misleading because Mortgage Point only receives its commission from lenders on its panel and does not provide advice in relation to lenders who are not on its panel. ASIC's executive director of ...