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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Thursday (US time) said it would buy $US40 million worth of mortgage-backed securities a month in a bid to lower long-term interest rates, which the Fed hopes will spur borrowing and spending. ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Australian pension funds are ahead of the curve with their allocations to real assets, but could further exploit opportunities overseas. Australian super funds currently invest an average 17% of their total portfolio in real assets, although in reality ...

APRA probe key in NAB case: Lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
It's APRA's understanding that National Australia Bank's (NAB) risk assessment of investments linked to toxic US subprime mortgages was insufficient, according to documents filled in the Supreme Court of Victoria yesterday. An affidavit tendered to ...

Australian Unity expands investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
Australian Unity Investments has added four senior roles to each of its investment management businesses. The specialist investment team will have commercial responsibility for investment and product strategy, reporting to general manager for funds ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Mortgage Choice is set to expand into financial planning by opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation ...

Macquarie invests in mobile apps for advisers/brokers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... expanding access to its insights and information by further investing in range of mobile applications for its advisers and mortgage brokers. Following the successful launch of four mobile applications during the past year, Macquarie's long-running magazine ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... and it is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities." "The Committee will closely monitor incoming information on economic ...

Synchron appoints state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... state manager for Western Australia. Prior to his new role, Fernandes was a state manager for Accountancy Insurance and Mortgage Choice in WA, where he successfully restructured and led the firm from the lowest performer nationally to the second highest. ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... 1.5% gain in terms of Australia's $1.2 trillion home-loan market. The Treasurer said banking reforms including banning mortgage exit fees on new home loans; investing in residential mortgage-backed securities; establishing a permanent scheme to protect ...

Generations split on what causes sleepless nights

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... things they want (15%). However, the biggest financial nightmare experienced by Gen Xs was not being able to pay the mortgage (16%). Baby Boomers, on the other hand, felt that not having enough money to retire on (34%) and losing their life savings (21%) ...