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Australians ill prepared for financial future

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... said there was a comprehensive plan in place. Respondents were between the ages of 25 and 49 and half currently held a mortgage. CUA head of partnership products, Ren Mazza, said the results were concerning. "It's alarming that so many Australians are ...

La Trobe pooled mortgage fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
La Trobe Financial's Pooled Mortgage's Option (PMO) has been given a "Recommended" rating by Zenith Investment Partners. In the report, Zenith Analyst Dugald Higgins said: "The PMO's performance over the longer term has been robust, showing solid returns ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... rates are reaching historic lows and there is a significant upward trend in direct property investment driven by low mortgage rates. However, loans in the investment mix are falling, raising questions about whether investors are leveraging property acquisitions ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Ryan expressed concern that Australian households "will react faster and more vigorously to a shock in asset prices or mortgage rates" than their counterparts in the United States. "This could result in a feedback loop where falling asset values induce ...

Early release super approvals increasing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... the list at 7,422 applications. About 78% of medical treatment and transport applications were approved. Of the 5,800 mortgage debt applications received this financial year more than 3,800 or about 67% had been approved. Last financial year the approval ...

Westpac restructure sees senior exec depart

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... create simpler, consistent, end-to-end processes, such as creating one way to open a transaction account or approve a mortgage. This will help to deliver efficiencies," he said. "At the same time, the new structure enables us to drive product and digital ...

MAX Award winners named

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Partners Platform, J. P. Morgan Asset Management's Market Insights Program, La Trobe Financial's P2C Parent to Child Mortgage Investment Product of the Year State Street Global Advisors - SPDR ETFs Finalists - AMP Capital Autralian Equity Concentrated ...

MAX Awards to showcase innovation in financial services sales and marketing

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Advisors Partners Platform J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Market Insights Program La Trobe Financial's P2C Parent to Child Mortgage Investment Product of the Year AMP Capital - Australian Equity Concentrated Fund Legg Mason - Multi-asset Retirement Income ...

Widen access to PLS, say cross-bench senators

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... to broaden access to the Pension Loan Scheme (PLS). The PLS, established by the Hawke government in 1983, is a reverse mortgage scheme that allows people of pension age to access an income stream by borrowing against their housing equity. Currently it ...

Advisers and mortgage brokers joining forces

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
Increasing numbers of adviser practices are seeking partnerships and joint ventures with mortgage brokers rather than referral arrangements. Centrepoint Lending Solutions general manager Kevin Frost noticed this trend after advisers started looking ...