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ASFA calls for clarity on retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... said such a measure could cost couples $1000 a year in Age Pension payments. "In effect, this measure would effectively 'mortgage the future'. While it will reduce Age Pension expenditures in the immediate future, it's likely to lead to higher Age Pension ...

Appleyard defends free SMSF service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... its paid service, CleverSuper currently looks after more than 500 industry bodies, accountant practices, planners and mortgage brokers. However, he would not say how many members had set up SMSFs through CleverSuper, saying he didn't want to give too ...

La Trobe gets first SIV investment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... Significant Investor Visa (SIV) 888 from a Malaysian Chinese investor. The investor allocated funds to La Trobe Australian Mortgage Fund, the fund manager said in a statement. The SIV is a permanent residency visa launched in November 2012 which aims ...

SMSF borrowing under control, ATO figures suggest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... met with the major LRBA providers, and found that in total LRBA account for $8 billion, a small fraction of the total mortgage market. According to Deloitte, in 2012, Australia's mortgage market was worth a total of $1.2 trillion. Colley also said that ...

ASIC bans credit and mortgage brokers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned three mortgage brokers and convicted one after it found that they had provided false information to clients. Two Sydney-based mortgage brokers were permanently banned for providing ...

Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... "Instead of waiting months, or even years, to find a buyer who wants a large business, sections of the book, like the mortgage loan trails, can be on-sold easily and quickly." Risk clients, investment clients and even accounting clients can be separately ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... bonds. Cunningham said that a competitive global high income strategy should include "investment grade corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities, credit default swaps, options, preferred stock and convertibles where the risk-adjusted yield is attractive." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... streak of fresh records, as the Justice Department announced a record $US13 billion ($A13.91 billion) settlement over mortgage securities with JPMorgan Chase. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 8.99 points (0.06 per cent) to 15,967.03. The broad-based ...