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Westpac restructures fin services and tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... delivery to all their customers "with the explicit goal of earning all of their business", from home loan and personal finance to credit card and savings accounts. Starting next week, there will be three new divisions: Westpac retail and business banking ...

Clitheroe and Kelty honoured

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... addition to his work in the financial planning work, Clitheroe is also a media commentator and author of three personal finance books. Between 1991 and 1992 he was vice president of the Financial Planning Association and between 1993 to 1994 was the ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Federal Government should be prepared to provide tax offsets of up to two thirds of the cost of financial advice if they are serious about increasing Australians' access to these services, according to Mercer Wealth Solutions. Mercer's financial ...

Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Well-off Australians are making double the effort to boost their additional superannuation contributions compared to their less wealthy counterparts, a new study has shown. Wealth benchmark's Personal Finances of Wealth Australians - 2008 Institutional ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... commercial finance of 11.9 per cent over the month to January this year and a significant one of 6.3 per cent for personal finance. The personal finance increase was largely driven by a 12.5 per cent rise in revolving credit commitments. However, housing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... last year there were seasonally adjusted falls in housing finance for owner occupation by 0.9 per cent while personal finance fell 1.2 per cent and commercial finance fell by 11.8 per cent. Leasing finance was the only component that grew although it ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... the ABS which record that over the last year housing finance for owner occupation has grown just 0.8 per cent, personal finance 1.3 per cent, lease finance 2.2 per cent and commercial finance has fallen 2.5 per cent. Business investment figures have ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... alterations and additions but a significant increase of commercial finance commitments, which rose by 14.2 per cent. Personal finance fell by 2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms and lease finance by 0.6 per cent. In general, the data shows that personal ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... 8.7 per cent in the three months to March to 9.1 per cent to the June quarter end. On the same adjusted basis, personal finance fell 3.7 per cent as a result of a 3.4 per cent fall in revolving credit and a 4.1 per cent decrease in fixed lending commitments. ...

FinLit website goes live

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
... Master Builders Association already piloting a range of schemes. The new website contains basic information about personal finance issues and points people to where they can get extra official information from government agencies and industry associations. ...