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Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... (negative for property investors and home owners) - along with rising interest rates (big banks have started raising mortgage rates) and slim chance of the RBA cutting interest rates this year. Recall that consumer sentiment jumped in the month of May ...

Westpac exec jumps ship to ING Direct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
A former Westpac and BT director will become ING Direct's first Australian head of retail banking, managing several channels including wealth management. Most recently serving as Westpac's director of marketing, sales and service, Melanie Evans will ...

La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... retirement lending product unseen in the Australian market. It is not quite a traditional bank loan and not quite a reverse mortgage. Instead, the La Trobe Financial Aged Care Loan combines certain elements of both to provide an alternative offering ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... up to 15% to high yield and emerging market debt. Investments cover government and corporate bonds, high yield debt, mortgage and asset-backed securities and emerging market bonds. Country head and managing director of Legg Mason, Andy Sowerby, said ...

Sydney planners topping salary figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... year will also likely see high demand for specialist support roles to act as "revenue generators" for small businesses, mortgage lenders and financial planners. This includes people working in compliance, assurance or operational risk "with experience ...

Guest of honour

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... program "to make this country boy move to the city." As a compromise, given he now had a wife, three kids and a "big mortgage," Lambert asked whether he could do a few tax returns on the side. They agreed, and Lambert began advertising his services in ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... same period. These could fall even more as interest rates continue to increase. Already, the big four banks have raised mortgage rates as they try to offset the pressure on their interest rate margins caused by higher funding rates. The good news for ...

N1 hires eight for new subsidiary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Wealth management and mortgage broking firm N1 Holdings expanded its distribution footprint with eight new hires after acquiring 23 Sydney rental properties. The new distribution, sales and marketing team have joined N1 from property sales and project ...

YBR lending chief departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... executive of Vow before YBR acquired it in May 2014. He will take on a new role as chief executive of not-for-profit mortgage processing data transaction business LIXI. Before YBR and Vow, Brown was head of sales and distribution mortgages at Macquarie ...