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Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
An increasing number of property investors are securing finance through a mortgage broker, with 83% of investors intending to do so in the next 12 months. The third annual national Property Investor Sentiment Survey from Property Investment Professionals ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
It's a wonderful set of numbers that came just in the nick of time for the estimated 900 workers who'll be finishing at Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... life company products which include group and individual insurance; ANZ Financial Planning of 286 advisers; and Lenders Mortgage Insurance. ANZ said it continues to invest in its life insurance with the creation of three new senior positions. Andrew ...

AFA keeps financial literacy front of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... individuals, families and communities right across Australia." She said about 3.2 million Australian households have a mortgage over the family home; more than 7.5 million Australians have a credit card; and 13.9 million working age Australians have ...

Technology will shape financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... restore trust and transparency. It will remove those old-world processes and make things quicker. When you apply for a mortgage, blockchain will make those applications instant and eliminate the reams of paper you're used to." With banks already beginning ...

DomaCom appoints new Responsible Entity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... lend the capital to the property sub-funds with the investors receiving 5.06% with the security of a first registered mortgage and a low LVR of less than 50%. DomaCom expects the lending option to be available to its sub-funds investors by the end of ...

Advisers can scale via workplace super clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... point of contact for members beyond super needs by providing specialist advice whether it be general advice, insurance, mortgage broking or something else altogether. The companies an adviser provides workplace super advice for could potentially scale ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... US$10 billion monthly from reinvestments of its maturing securities - US$6 billion in Treasuries and US$4 billion in mortgage-backed securities - and predicted three more interest rate hikes in 2018. For its part, the BOJ announced: "The Bank will continue ...

Westpac chair joins boutique manager board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... He is also the chair of Westpac Life Insurance Services, St George Life, Westpac General Insurance and Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Services. Griffiths' 30 year of financial services experience include serving in non-executive director roles at ...

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 ...