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Citi appoints head of consumer banking products

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... head of banking and wealth management products for its consumer bank in Australia. Wroth will be responsible for Citi's mortgage, deposit and insurance product teams, as well as the consumer bank's treasury, investments and wealth advisory functions. ...

YBR doubles wealth management revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... advice by the branch network currently represents 30% of the total branch revenue and the ratio of wealth management to mortgage revenue amongst the top 20 YBR branches is of 40%. "The major players that dominate the financial planning industry are focused ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... creation of an internal bad bank unit called RBS Capital Resolution. The provisions include costs to meet US action over mortgage-backed financial products and compensation for the mis-selling in Britain of insurance covering credit products such as ...

La Trobe mortgage fund gets "Strong" rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The La Trobe Australian Mortgage Fund has been awarded a "Strong" rating from Australia Ratings. In its first rating from Australia Ratings, A the rating was given due to a number of operational components, performance, financial adequacy and stability ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... data for construction work done in the December quarter. In equities news, Westfield Group and Westfield Retail Trust, Mortgage Choice and Sydney Airport are expected to post full year results. AGL Energy, WorleyParsons, Lend Lease, Flight Centre, Whitehaven ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Equity-like fixed income areas and higher real-yielding sovereigns in developing markets can provide strong bond opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations ...

Bendigo Bank lifts cash profit

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... demand and an increase in people making additional efforts to pay down their debt," he said. "This is most evident in our mortgage and our Rural Bank portfolios." Hirst said he expected conditions to be roughly the same in the second half. The bank announced ...

Rubik partners with Stargate on integration interface

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... wealth, said: "We are delighted to work with Stargate Technologies to allow greater collaboration between advisers and mortgage brokers that enhances their ability to target, qualify and service clients. "This is the first initiative that we and Stargate ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Bucking the trend of producing New Year outlook, Credit Suisse has considered remote scenarios including house prices rising by more than 10% and the dollar appreciating to post float highs in a new research paper. Entitled "Wild Ideas Down-under for ...

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 ...