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Bevan to hit retail mortgage market for six

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... to 300 branches. Bevan follows fellow cricketers Ian Healy, who coincidentally worked for Wizard in Queensland, and former New Zealand wicket keeper Adam Parore, who recently entered the New Zealand mortgage market, also with The Franchise Shop, into ...

Super funds to back new home equity mortgage group

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Superannuation funds are set to get behind a new home equity mortgage group, headed up by the former chief executive officer of Rothschild Asset Management, that will bring shared appreciation style mortgages to Australia. Peter Martin together with ...

KiwiSaver takes off

New Zealand's Parliament has approved the KiwiSaver Bill, a new set of laws that will enforce a voluntary work-based savings scheme effective 1 July next year. KiwiSaver is NZ's equivalent to Australia's compulsory superannuation system but unlike the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... would lose any. Prime Minister John Howard has announced that the government intended to spend $10 billion in creating two new army battalions and raising the size of the army from 25,000 to nearly 30,00 troops. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson suggested ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... proportion of household disposable income than in 1989 when interest rates were as high as 17 per cent. In 1989 the average new home loan was $66,700 and mortgage repayments amounted to 25.8 per cent of household disposable income. Now with the average ...

Govt recommends 3 per cent super top-up for under 40s

... contribution by 3 per cent. The House of Representatives Committee has recommended that salaried employees aged under 40 starting a new job should automatically be placed in a voluntary superannuation contribution scheme of 12 per cent. As it is a voluntary ...

Bluestone reverse mortgage to offer interest rate protection

Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of Bluestone Group, has released a new reverse mortgage product with a "capped for life" variable rate providing interest rate protection for retirees. Estimated to be worth $600 million in 2005, the reverse mortgage ...

Macquarie launches mortgages in reverse

... regular monthly payment, a lump sum or a combination of both. It offers a variable and 10-year fixed rate option. "This is a new market for Macquarie Mortgages and we're excited about its opportunities. Silver Lining is all about turning a customer's ...