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Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... examining other policies to advance home ownership in retirement, such as letting Australians use their superannuation as a mortgage offset.

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
Count has renewed its contract with Iress to continue to provide software to its 550 financial adviser network. Count's financial advisers will continue to use Iress' Xplan, saying that it wanted to partner with the right provider to support ...

Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... economists. "... what's the upshot for young Australians? They'd be forced to pay more for a house, with a bigger mortgage, have less super at retirement, and pay more in taxes to fund a bloated age pension," Shubert said. "We urge a sensible ...

Equity Trustees scores Woodbridge mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... per annum net of fees and costs. The fund seeks to achieve this by providing investors with indirect exposure to first mortgage (senior secured) Australian and New Zealand commercial real estate loans. "We're excited about the launch of our second private ...

Two Brisbane advice firms merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... ringmaster of their financial affairs, which is a key driver behind our growth strategy and recent decision to establish a mortgage and lending business," Cook said. "We also have great capability with self-managed super and aged care advice, and we ...

Class action building against GEMI Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... 2000 and offers short-term property-backed loans. GEMI's assets are split between its cash management fund, the first mortgage fund, and the GEMI fund which offers the short-term loans. Investors in the group's mortgage funds started mulling a class ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... is a "critical step" in its expansion strategy for Australia. As at 31 December 2023, Heartland's Australian reverse mortgage and livestock finance businesses had around NZ$2 billion of gross finance receivables. "Completing the Challenger Bank acquisition ...

CSLR kicks off, 2k await compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... able to assist them through that process." The CSLR's remit is limited to four areas: credit intermediaries, such as mortgage brokers, credit providers, such as lenders, financial advisers, and general securities dealers, or stock exchange organisations. ...

BlackRock's Fink signals a tough road ahead for future retirees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... participated in something like this after 2008, when the government needed to find a way to unwind the toxic assets from the mortgage crisis. More recently, tech chief executives and the federal government came together to address the fragility of America's ...

Iress sells mortgages arm to Bain Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
Iress will sell its UK mortgages business to Bain Capital for $164.3 million before costs. The financial software firm said the sale is a big step in its ongoing transformation strategy to sell-off non-core assets. The net proceeds from the sale will ...
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