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Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Federal treasurer Scott Morrison is laying the groundwork for a boost in national infrastructure investment after unveiling changes to the way government debt is reported. In his final pre-budget speech, delivered to the Australian Business Economists ...

We must lead by example: Loane

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... the 2015 Women & Finance Report clearly shows that women who do get financial advice are more likely to own their home, mortgage free...One way to boost women's wealth is by boosting their engagement with their savings. Because as we all know, a man ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Former Liberal Party leader and chair of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, John Hewson, believes markets are ignoring a climate-induced crisis far more severe than the one caused by subprime mortgages. Speaking at a Sydney briefing discussing BetaShares' ...

Banks must overhaul product-based incentives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... retail and small business customers. The report highlighted the importance of rewarding retail bank staff, in particular mortgage brokers and sellers, to no longer receive incentives based directly or solely on sales performance. Personal incentive payments ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... wealth for the future, like contributing more to superannuation or using the monthly savings they might have paid to a mortgage for another type of investment," ME head of home loans Patrick Nolan said.

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... food retail up 0.3%. This is not surprising given low wage growth - 1.9% in the year to the December quarter - and large mortgage repayments (owing to expensive house prices) that should rise more following the out-of-cycle rate hikes by lenders. This ...

ASIC cancels responsible entity AFSL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... financial services licensee. The company, DD&D Securities, is the responsible entity for Dwyers Managed Investments, a mortgage scheme that operates in regional Victoria. In particular, ASIC found that DD&D Securities failed to: maintain membership with ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... restrictions - specifically limiting interest-only lending to 30% of authorised deposit-taking institutions' (ADIs) total new mortgage lending - last month. Lending commitments for owner-occupied housing also fell in the month of February but by a smaller ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) recently-announced additional macro-prudential restrictions on residential mortgage lending. This, along with the recent lift in mortgage rates by several Australian banks, should help slow the rise ...