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Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... bachelor's degree. The survey of over 500 financial advisers, including 400 financial planners, 86 accountants and 54 mortgage brokers, found that 55% of respondents believe a degree in financial planning will professionalise the industry, with a further ...

La Trobe Financial prices $250m RMBS Issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Credit specialist La Trobe Financial has priced its third issue of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS). The issue, which includes several tranches of the investment grade debt, totals $250 million. "We are very pleased with the support for ...

Former Equititrust CEO appeal refused

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... of the Equititrust Income Fund (EIF) and Equititrust Priority Class Income Fund. EIF, which collapsed in 2011, was a mortgage fund which lent retail investors pooled funds for property development and taking mortgages over the property. In 2014, McIvor ...

ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Mortgage brokers are next in line to have their commissions and non-monetary incentives scrutinised by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to reports, the regulator will over the next fortnight ask the big four banks ...

New retirement income calculator more accurate than ever

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Mortgage Choice has launched a new retirement income calculator in a bid to help Australians understand how to reduce their reliance on the age pension and build enough wealth to live comfortably in retirement. According to Mortgage Choice chief executive ...

MyState appoints technology provider

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... Institutions (ADIs), including all four major Australian banks. Rubik's software includes financial planning software, mortgage software, and core banking systems. MyState is an ASX-listed non-operating holding company of MyState Bank and Tasmanian Perpetual ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... activities. "We're also starting to see banks realign their businesses so they can maximise ROE. Certainly in Australia the mortgage market, as far as ROE goes, has been a high yielding ROE play," Ding said. Read the rest of this article in the latest ...

Focus Financial expands into Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, specialising in all aspects of financial advice including: financial planning, mortgage broking, SMSF and accounting and tax. Commenting on the partnership, Jon White, group managing director at MW Lomax said: "We ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... lining, in general, on national average is probably what we expect." QIC claims that borrowers aren't stretched, with mortgage servicing obligations as a share of income well managed in the current low rate environment. Data from QIC shows that households ...

The lucky country may not be so for future generations

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... expect to live in retirement. It revealed nearly one in five people will rely on family inheritance to pay off their mortgage or ensure their financial security and more than a third believe they will need government assistance during retirement. The ...