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The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
I beg your pardon, but was that it? Was that the song we've waited all this time for Big Benny to sing? The song remains the same to me. The same tune Ben Bernanke sang on the 22nd of May. The June FOMC statement was practically a rehash of the one ...

ME Bank wins A3 rating on super fund backing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... environment. As the bank targets industry super fund members - who, according to Moody's, generally enjoy stable employment - mortgage loans are safer than average. Before the global financial crisis, ME Bank predominantly sourced funds through securitisation ...

Former BT super head moves up Westpac ranks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Wealth division, BT Financial Group. In her new role she will be responsible for driving the profitability of Westpac's mortgage portfolios, product pricing, customer lifecycle management and competitor analysis, according to a job advertisement posted ...

Yellow Brick Road launches super fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... retire comfortably," he said. "For Australians who are working hard today whilst raising a family and paying off their mortgage, retirement seems like a long way off. In reality, the average couple will need a million dollars to retire comfortably, and ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... of a QE unwind and bond market volatility would send bond yields higher that, in turn, would hit equity markets, raise mortgage rates and hit home prices, raise the US yield differential against other sovereign offerings that would increase the US dollar ...

MFAA offers new SMSF training programs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) will launch three new self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) training programs for credit advisers. The programs aim to improve participants' understanding of their role in setting up Limited Recourse ...

AUI investors approve property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... funds is in the best interests of SIT investors, as well as the existing investors in OPF," said AUI head of property, mortgage and capital markets Mark Pratt. "SIT was a closed-end syndicate that was due to terminate in June 2014. Through the merger ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... virtuous cycle but there's also the lower greenback that contributes to America's external accounts and the effect of low mortgage rates on the housing market and the ancillary sectors servicing it. Just look at the reverse spin cycle that happened when ...

Advice proposition props up mortgage broker market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
A focus on providing customers with tailored advice has helped the mortgage broking industry retain its market share in the face of strong competition from the lending market, according to Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) chief executive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... 14.34 (0.42 per cent) to 3,392.97. NEW YORK - US closed mixed, with Bank of America advancing strongly on news of a key mortgage securities settlement. The broad-based S&P 500 edged to a new all-time closing high, rising 3.08 (0.19 per cent) to 1,617.50. ...