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The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... to positive and encourage spending. But it's not as simple as that because households will be hit by higher credit and mortgage rates... and at a time when "cash available to spend" are falling sharply (as revealed by Markit's latest HFI survey). Then ...

DomaCom and ASIC reach agreement on retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... Fractional property investor DomaCom has received relief from ASIC to enable to delivery of its newly-developed reverse mortgage lending product. DomaCom has received a decision in principle from the regulator to approve the relief to allow the Senior ...

Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The types of debt held in Australian households shift through the generations, but the amount stays roughly the same - and this has important implications for the superannuation industry. University of Limerick senior lecturer in economics Stephen Kinsella ...

Infocus buys influential advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Infocus acquired a leading holistic financial advice business to provide the wealth manager with a Sydney office and to continue growing its national salaried advice strategy. Announcer, led by chief executive Andrew Rocks, will now fall under the Infocus ...

ASIC targets retirement products and services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
The corporate regulator has formed an internal working group to address financial issues of older Australians. In its 2017-18 Corporate Plan, ASIC highlighted it will examine financial products and services provided to older Australians - especially ...

Hollywood star supports FCA complaints campaign

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has enlisted the help of a Hollywood superstar to alert consumers affected by the decade-long payment protection insurance (PPI) scandal to make a formal complaint as soon as possible. A campaign featuring ...

MLC Life names chief underwriter, expands medical service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
MLC Life Insurance appointed a new chief underwriter at a time when the firm and the industry are experiencing significant levels of growth and transformation. Debbie Kennedy is formerly the group head of protection strategy at UK-based life insurer ...

Spring FG to join dealer group ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... its representatives. The ASX-listed advice group will begin offering dealer group services to financial advisers and mortgage brokers, believing its consistent growth over the years has provided it with "a depth of offering, and appropriate operational ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The University of Melbourne says the long-term sustainability of Australia's retirement system is under threat from a growing wealth divide across generations. According to the university's latest Housing, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) ...

DomaCom to ease issue of retirement funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Fractional property investment platform DomaCom has signaled a move into reverse mortgage lending, confirming it is developing a senior equity release product to be available before 2018. In its quarterly update DomaCom outlined its plans for a senior ...