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Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Australia's declining home ownership rate has become so serious that it is imposing a significant threat to the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system, according to a new report. If the trend continues retirees will be increasingly forced ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... Campbell provided an overview of the global investment market and warned of how Australia will suffer when interest and mortgage rates rise. The Sydney ABDO is part of a national capital cities tour that during March took the seminar to thousands of ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... premiums; about 10% market share for in-force premiums General insurance - $503 million gross written premiums Lenders mortgage insurance - $287 million gross written premiums

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... this regard, the RBA would be grateful to NAB's recent announcement (especially if the other lenders follow) raising its mortgage rates -- variable interest rate on owner-occupiers' loans lifted from 5.25% to 5.32%; residential investment home loans ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 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 ...

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... Institute of Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and Mentor Education, enabling property investment advisers, mortgage brokers, accountants, real estate agents and property developers to discuss general drivers and factors to be considered ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... there are a number of factors likely to mitigate the systemic impact of these vulnerabilities, including large aggregate mortgage prepayment buffers and recently tightened macro-prudential measures, a fall in house prices and or demand could have significant ...

SQM upgrades Trilogy Monthly Income Trust

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Trilogy Funds' flagship mortgage trust Trilogy Monthly Income Trust will receive a 4 Star - Superior rating from SQM research, an increase of a quarter of a star from last year. The superior rating, which classifies the trust as 'suitable for inclusion ...

DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... licence has been varied so the company can now offer fractional investment in corporate bonds as well as peer-to-peer mortgage bond sub-funds. On the latter, DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said: "Mortgage bond sub-funds will be the first product ...

ATO calls time on SMSF safe harbour rules

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... lender whose status can be verified by third party evidence. The loan will also need to be supported by a registered mortgage or security over the relevant asset. If the LRBA is not consistent with the above, it will need to be wound up. In an alert ...