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Return to sender costs millions: QAS

... software such as QuickAddress because of the tons of paperwork they process every day. For example, around 17 per cent of Australians move house each year, translating to 20 to 30 per cent of calls made to their call centres related to address changes. ...

HESTA cranks up insurance for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... across death cover, TPD and income protection. HESTA's chief executive officer, Anne-Marie Corboy, said with many Australians being significantly underinsured and leading increasingly busy lives, it was important to make arranging insurance as easy as ...

ESSB rounds out executive team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Emergency Services Superannuation Board (ESSB) has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer and a new general manager of marketing and business development. Anthony Rodwell-Ball has left AustralianSuper to take up the role of chief ...

Fix debt ahead of rate rise: ANZFP

... people are starting to tighten their belts with a recently released Commonwealth Bank survey showing that on average, Australians put aside 13 per cent of their net income into their savings account. Banks such as ANZ and Westpac are also responding ...

Don't bury reverse mortgages in regulation: Martin

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... stern warning that the industry was at risk of being buried before it had a chance to sprout. Speaking at the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) conference last week Martin, chief executive officer and managing director ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... people from developing effective retirement strategies." This is at odds with the government's aim of encouraging Australians to take control of their retirement planning, they said. Damian Hill, chief executive officer of REST, however, told the Inquiry ...

Reverse mortgage regulation lacks cohesion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... Regulation is one of the key talking points around the equity release and reverse mortgage industry, but the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) conference last week heard that no one body yet has the jurisdiction to regulate ...

What savings problem?

Australians are saving more and spending less against rising fuel costs and other living expenses, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey released yesterday. The survey found that seven out of 10 Australians are topping up their savings accounts regularly ...

FSR style licensing regime for mortgage brokers

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... regulators in the past couple of years because of its high growth rate. Trowbridge Deloitte estimates that more than 20,000 Australians have taken out a reverse mortgage and the number using the products is growing at more than 50 per cent a year.

Reverse mortgage sector picking up pace

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... $1.1 billion, more than double the $459 million at the end of 2004. Kieren Dell, executive director of the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL), said the trend was a sign of things to come. "Reverse mortgages are steadily ...