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Big Sky members vote in favour of Australian Unity deal

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
Members of Big Sky Credit Union Limited have approved a proposal to transfer the business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian Unity Limited - Lifeplan Australia Building Society Limited. Subject to regulatory approval, Big Sky Credit Union's ...

APRA: Investment world still clouded with uncertainty

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
Most superannuation funds earned positive returns at the end of this financial year for the second year in a row, thanks to a recovery in equity markets and higher fixed interest earnings over much of 2010/11. But, warns APRA, there are dangers ahead. ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
Smaller institutions such as credit unions and building societies are likely to be hardest hit by the Basel III capital reforms, said PwC, following the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's release of a discussion paper on the subject. APRA ...

Zenith secures two advice firms

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... best with the financial advisers and in-house systems at RetireCare. Additionally, Adelaide-based People's Choice Credit Union has also selected Zenith as its primary research provider. The group is a result of a recent merger between Savings & Loans ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Time to say good buy or goodbye? Is this the best of times or is this the worst of times? The dreaded DD (double-dip) is back on the headlines. So is the R (recession). And with them comes Armageddon. I think Armageddon is most fitting in this case ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... "Joint Press Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation National Credit Union Administration Office of the Comptroller of the Currency For immediate release August 5, 2011 Agencies Issue Guidance on ...

Govt invites input on move to halve tax on savings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... increasing the cash component. The incentive applies to interest on deposits held in any bank, building society or credit union as well as interest on bonds, debentures and annuity products, and depends on the passage of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax ...

Australian Unity possible merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
Australian Unity and Big Sky Credit Union are exploring a merger option that would potentially create a 310,000 member strong union. Having signed a heads of agreement, the organisations senior executives and directors have formed an evaluation committee ...

Credit unions and super funds show same merger trends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... December 2010, there were 104." "I currently know of 10 that are in merger discussions." McGuirk's Adelaide-based credit union Australian Central joined forces with Savings & Loans in 2009 to create Australia's second largest credit union, Australian ...

YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... the banks with the launch of its own range of term deposits. Yellow Brick Road term deposits are issued by Gateway Credit Union, a major Authorised Deposit-taking Institution (ADI) and become the first non- bank issued product of its kind in Australia. ...