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- MARK LODGE: Are you a chief operations officer? Part 2
- JOHN PARANCHI: Staying accountable
- GREG VINCENT: The greatest time-saver for agents
- AFG announce $300m RMBS transaction
- 'Don’t bet the farm' on RMBS market: AFG
- Naylor defends bank-owned aggregators
- Two out of five loans for investment, says AFG
- CUA attacks majors over aggregator ownership
- Competition for distribution is rife: AFG
- Aggregation boss calls out disclosure concern
- Lenders locked out of aggregation panels
- Mortgage Choice delivers record profit
- Planners more trusted than brokers: CHOICE
- CUA boss slams biased aggregators
- Aggregator appoints new GM
- Mortgage Choice promotes planning arm
- Aggregation group recruiting planners
- AFG breaks investor loan record
- Brokers can’t be planners, says aggregator
- Number of boutique aggregators tipped to rise
- The lowdown on aggregators
- Choice founder to head wealth group
- Rubik confirms Mortgage Choice deal
- Boutique aggregator appoints new CEO
- Aggregator announces name change
- AFG warns of a ‘whole generation of renters’
- Aggregator aims to capture FHB market
- Mortgage Choice reaches financial planning milestone
- Choice signs up Bernie Lewis
- Record month for aggregator as volumes skyrocket
- Aggregator names new GM
- eChoice brand to replace Firstfolio
- SA lender partners with major aggregator
- Major aggregator silent on IPO reports
- AFG valued ahead of IPO
- Investors drive record result for major aggregator
- AFG snares real estate-backed mortgage group
- AFG mortgage stats reveal winners and losers
- Financial advice JVs on the rise, says aggregator
- Aggregator extends $58.4m senior debt facility
- AFG awards top brokers and digs deep for charity
- People’s Choice CEO announces retirement
- Mortgage Choice winds up online business
- Former Mortgage Choice CEO joins ASX-listed group
- Aggregator sells $125m of loan book
- People's Choice names new CEO
- People’s Choice continues support for world-class event
- eChoice to delist from ASX
- Aggregators to ‘audit’ and number brokers under ASIC regime
- Mortgage Choice questioned over share price
- Aggregation manager joins Rubik
- ‘Conditions have deteriorated’: lending curbs hit aggregator
- Major aggregator inks deal with global fintech player
- Ex-ANZ banker joins major aggregator
- Major aggregator posts strong growth amid market headwinds
- Major aggregator settles $300m RMBS deal
- Mortgage Choice chief not surprised by rate trend
- Housing boom a deliberate choice: Deloitte
- Use cash to afford deposit, says Mortgage Choice CEO
- Aggregation market too ‘mature’ to disrupt
- Aggregator sees 40% rise in settlements
- Refi boom winding down: AFG
- AFG boosts profit by 33%
- AFG marks record $350m RMBS transaction
- Aggregation ‘a very different environment today’: NAB
- Major aggregator to merge with bank
- Rumours swirl as eChoice sale reaches final stages
- AFG grows book to $140bn
- Aggregator launches new tech platform
- Mortgage Choice appoints new CEO
- Bank’s merger with mortgage aggregator awaits board approval
- Shareholders greenlight bank-aggregator merger
- Treasurer approves bank-aggregator merger
- Victoria dethroned as top choice for relocators
- Bank-aggregator reveals post-merger plans
- Bank-aggregator appoints new CFO
- Bank-aggregator loan book hits $36.9bn
- AFG prices $500m RMBS
- Mortgage Choice company secretary resigns
- Two major broker aggregators to merge
- Better Choice mortgage settlements up 50% in FY19
- LATEST PODCAST: How satisfied are brokers with their aggregators?
- Is it time to co-own your Aggregator?
- Better Choice updates VOI, e-signature policy
- AFG prices $700m RMBS
- LATEST PODCAST: Aggregation consolidation
- Digital mortgages is a balancing act: aggregator
- Yodlee becomes latest CDR recipient
- LATEST PODCAST: Aggregation group changes
- AFG Securities upsizes RMBS transaction
- BNK projects 42% profit rise
- PEXA travelling towards $3.3bn float in June
- DAIDEC launches AI home loan processing tool
- Credit industry faces higher ASIC levies
- Former CBA exec launches brokerage
- Finsure records 22% rise in brokers
- REA Group profits rise amid strong resi market
- New bank formed after RADI granted
- Big four customer complaints drop
- REA records 35% revenue growth after broker acquisition
- How financial data aggregation and digitisation are elevating mortgages
- Aussie reveals map of nation’s more affordable suburbs
- BNK offloads aggregator business
- BNK posts quarterly growth ahead of strategic review update
- YBR outlines growth strategy, flags app launch
- Lendi Group appoints new head of brand
- Finsure announces new CEO
- AFG CFO steps down
- REA mortgage settlements lift in FY22
- Borrowers reviewing mortgages in droves following rate hikes
- Non-Bank fintech Lender Funding.com.au sees record growth with need for bridging loans continuing to grow
- Major broker loses third-party heavyweights
- Your guide to starting your own brokerage
- Your guide to building profitable referral networks
- Has financial advice become a liability for brokerages?
- FHBs offered monthly LMI option: Resi
- Borrowers are feeling “undervalued” by lenders, aggregator says
- Broker boost fuels MA Financial FY22 result
- Brokers play a vital role as customers feel the pinch
- Resi secures expanded funding line
- Lendi plans to write 1 in 10 home loans
- Connective home loan portfolio up 25%
- Industry leaders take part in Vinnies CEO Sleepout
- In Memoriam: Mick McClure, 1953–2023
- YBR settled $4bn in 4Q23
- Top brokers revealed at Australian Broking Awards 2023
- Major brokerage announces plans to delist
- Finalists unveiled for Women in Finance Awards 2023
- Tic:Toc rebrands to Tiimely Home
- MORTGAGE AND FINANCE LEADER: The lessons Greg Pennells learned in founding 2 aggregation groups
- Single home owners dwindle amid rising mortgage rates: Lendi
- What’s next for Connective?
- Spotlight: How Aussie is reimaging the role of the broker
- How CommBank is supporting women in finance
- Average mortgage size up in March quarter: AFG
- Delayed home buyers looking to enter property market in 2024
- Nearly 4 in 5 Australians are making cuts to pay mortgages
- Brokers break quarterly record in lodgements
- Aggregator’s appointments to ‘drive technological innovation’
- Fixed rate and refinancing trends brokers should expect in FY25
- Finsure eyes growth through asset finance boost
- Bendigo Bank brings another aggregator onboard
- LMG to help brokers secure self-employed clients via training initiative
- Finsure partners with Wealth Street
- AFG reports record broker recruitment
- Aggregator reports surge in commercial settlements
- Divergence between aggregators and broker sentiments
- Uptain joins Finsure’s lending panel
- MFAA drives home the importance of brokers in Senate inquiry
- Broking firm raises $360k for charity
- Big 4 lose market share to non-major lenders
- Brokers reporting workload and finance pressures as top stressors
- Which lenders proved the most popular for commercial brokers?
- Vero launches new specialty insurance product range for brokers
- Lendi introduces broker-centred conveyancing partnership
- Why independent partnerships are key in facilitating growth
- Brokers reach highest-ever market share
- LMG’s New Broker of the Year gives secrets for success
- 3 considerations for becoming a high-performance broker
- SME growth plans open fresh opportunities for brokers
- From outfits to marketing, broker professionalism is key
- Key trends brokers should look out for in 2025
- How clients with unstable, ‘choppy’ income can beat the bank, get approvals, and obtain the finance they need
- Broker market share to reach 80%, says LMG
- Mortgage Choice’s broker network sees surge in leads
- Which lenders do commercial and asset finance brokers prefer?
- Good housekeeping can keep brokers from becoming overwhelmed
- Help clients ‘regain control of their financial future’
- 4 steps every broker can use for effective planning
- Third-party channel appointments at majors a ‘win’ for brokers
- Lender
- Govt acts on FSI vertical integration recommendations
- SADHANA SMILES: Show me the data
- How to consistently write in excess of $1 million in fees: Part 6 - Support team
- Building an impressive personal brand on a backpacker budget!
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- La Trobe issues RMBS offer
- Bloomberg launches RMBS analysis tool
- Bank of England to rein in risky lending
- RBA warns banks on lending standards
- Bendigo calls out capital funding risk
- Citi to pay US$1bn in RMBS claims
- Lender calls for fair mortgage competition
- Countdown to new UK lending laws
- The lending standards' cycle
- Legislate on ownership disclosure, says lender
- The challenge to regulators in the non-bank lending space
- Macquarie mortgages on rapid growth path
- 'Macquarie doesn’t have a say': AFG
- SME lending 'dead as doornail'
- Resimac completes State Custodians acquisition
- ANZ grows loan book and profits
- Big opportunity in third-party business lending: BMM
- Coles could make a big success with mortgages
- YBR issues statement on Vow acquisition
- Westpac grows loan book by 3pc
- Lenders tipped to break with cash rate
- YBR closer to Vow acquisition
- Pressure mounts for majors: KPMG
- Clawbacks and cash offers in NZ
- Mortgage lending falls in March
- Lenders react to digital threat
- Genworth comments on IPO success
- Two majors see growth in brand value
- Convergence to lift broker disclosure: CBA
- National Credit Act: when is a loan transaction regulated?
- Home loans 'not just a product': Sirianni
- NAB to sell UK loan portfolio
- ING DIRECT cautions lenders on customer analytics
- Stargate acquired by software giant
- Macquarie book to double in two years
- Adelaide Bank adds to housing affordability debate
- Stargate acquisition to aid convergence
- RBA spotlight on predatory lending
- Housing finance remains flat
- FCA praises interest-only mortgage commitments
- Wealth products to penetrate broker channel
- Majors will influence FSI, consumers say
- YBR secures CBA funding for acquisitions
- TSB float creates options for NAB
- New lenders to enter market
- More mortgages for fewer brokers in the UK
- More innovative products needed: poll
- Queensland lender imprisoned
- Investor lending makes regulators nervous
- SMEs look to P2P lending
- Credit Suisse downplays Macquarie mortgage growth
- La Trobe Financial sees future without trail
- Major bank relaunches first-year trail
- Two-pronged attack puts NAB ahead
- The correlation between dwelling values and housing finance data
- Commonwealth FP inquiry could cost all majors
- UK lending limits spark local fears
- ‘No evil in commissions’ says lawyer
- Lender fined in Federal Court
- CBA to review advice failures
- ING DIRECT looks to third-party with super product
- YBR acquires Resi
- YBR share price steady despite acquisition
- Potential $500 billion open to boutique reverse mortgage lenders
- SMSFs drive commercial mortgage demand
- Non-bank lending on the rise
- New product to replace ‘flawed’ reverse mortgages
- Murray highlights key SME lending issues
- Specialist loans do satisfy responsible lending requirements
- ANZ says broker ‘ownership’ not in sight
- Business confidence eases over June: NAB
- Software giant acquires UK mortgage administrator
- CBA to launch mortgage app
- Banks slam APRA lending guidance
- Mortgage repayments ‘unsustainable’ if rates rise
- Is the bank branch headed the same way as the thermal fax machine?
- NAB to sell UK loan portfolio
- UK lending still needs work, says regulator
- Major bank signs SMSF lending guidelines
- ‘We can disrupt and we are’, says CBA exec
- Online lender awarded for best value
- NAB still plagued by UK operations
- Heritage Bank lending recovers
- Half of Westpac mortgages for investment
- Consumer appetite for major lenders increasing
- CBA chief announces executive changes
- Finance sector leads strong business confidence in July
- Suncorp Bank lending up five per cent
- Former RAMS manager commences new role
- No margin squeeze for CBA after record profit
- Murray Inquiry creates ‘confusion’ for CBA
- La Trobe Financial appoints new executive
- Lender warns of ‘teaser’ rates
- Asian growth helps ANZ deliver strong profit
- NAB reports $1.7bn profit for Q3
- Free financial planning diploma launched
- Former Westpac exec joins ANZ Board
- Home lending increasingly competitive, says RBA
- Investment boom opens new gap in lending
- Is short-term lending worth considering?
- La Trobe changes SMSF loan terms
- Non-bank launches specialist lending program
- Lender breaks four per cent home loan barrier
- Lending exec resurfaces at planning firm
- RBA flags ‘systemic risk’ of home lending
- Want a 2.8 per cent mortgage?
- EY calls for broker commission reform
- Banks lend support to financial literacy week
- Majors, MFAA defend vertical integration
- Non-majors forced to write riskier loans
- Analysis: The future of broker commissions
- The future of mortgage broking
- Loan serviceability buffers questioned
- CUA takes on the majors
- NAB at risk from Scottish independence
- Major brokerage to launch planning arm
- Secrets to Macquarie mortgage success revealed
- A broker-owned union is the answer to big bank dominance
- Brokers to benefit from lender cash giveaways
- ASIC gives verdict on low-doc lenders
- Lenders on notice over interest-only loans
- Vow Financial grows commercial team
- Online lender awarded cheapest home loan
- Deloitte weighs in on commissions debate
- Analysis: Macquarie’s meteoric rise
- RBA close to curbing investor lending
- Investor lending grows twice as fast as owner-occupied
- Investor lending restraints announced by year end
- Mortgage news from the US
- Lending curbs will shrink LMI market
- Suncorp strengthens broker proposition
- Lender dismisses investor loan hype
- APRA approves lender ‘bank’ status
- UK-style lending curbs ‘better’ for Aussie market
- BOQ refuses ‘race to the bottom’ on mortgage pricing
- NAB flags 14 per cent fall in profits
- Investec acquisition boosts BOQ mortgage profitability
- Housing finance stagnates as RBA jawboning takes effect
- Brokerage 'not surprised' by commission failings
- Lending curbs are nothing new, says APRA
- Non-majors tipped as FSI ‘winners’
- Lending curbs will have ‘grinding down effect’: Tarbey
- Analysis: Will Murray change mortgage lending?
- AFG appoints head of asset finance
- UK: Supermarket launches 90 per cent LVR mortgages
- Finance remains most confident sector: report
- NAB closer to Great Western sale after pricing IPO
- RateCity launches mortgage report
- Falling dollar won’t hurt lenders: HSBC
- CBA reputation ‘tarnished’: Narev
- Keating calls for SMSF lending curbs
- RBA sheds no new light on lending worries
- Sterling Publishing acquires leading legal media brand
- Online lender adds free ‘value pack’ to home loans
- ASIC crackdown reins in lenders
- Lender launches 97 per cent LVR mortgages
- Government rejects calls for CBA royal commission
- Stargate acquisition helps net industry’s biggest players
- ASIC report boosts broker confidence in low-doc lending
- Lenders must justify serviceability buffers: Deloitte
- Global lender relocates to WA
- Broker commissions 'not important', borrowers say
- Non-majors confident of FSI mortgage changes
- Specialist lenders outgrow tarnished reputation
- Four myths of specialist lending
- ‘Game-changing’ equity release product to launch next year
- Lender announces new broker strategy
- RBA figures strengthen case for lending curbs
- NAB-owned brokers gain market share
- ANZ warns Murray ahead of FSI final report
- La Trobe Financial appoints executives
- Major bank sees surge in new lending
- CBA review scheme ‘superior’ to Macquarie, says lawyer
- ANZ chief slams negative gearing
- Credit growth overpowers margin squeeze
- ASIC updates responsible lending guidance
- Genworth backs APRA lending guidance
- Decimal launches SaaS solution for brokers and advisers
- La Trobe Financial appoints VP
- Investor lending still hot
- Online lender retains cheapest rates
- ANZ appoints two new C-suite execs
- Majors could be forced to rethink branding
- Lender cuts rates, upgrades platforms
- The 'risk' of SMSF borrowing
- Mortgage group acquires BMC loan book
- CBA to correct ‘mistakes’
- ASIC appoints expert to monitor CBA financial planning
- Lender boosts RMBS issue to half a billion
- KPMG highlights significance of SME lending
- Regional launches new banking alliance
- Westpac wins out on China deal
- Free trade to boost CBA’s China expansion
- CBA loses top customer satisfaction foothold
- RBA changes its tune on investor lending
- La Trobe wins at overseas awards
- Failed lender overlooked risks of loan deal
- Industry polled on investor lending triggers
- Banks put pressure on Murray at eleventh hour
- Lender acquires $570m loan book
- RBA report exposes key lending risks
- Rethinking financial literacy
- Citi responds to AFG's Murray submission
- Borrowers prefer non-majors for refinancing
- APRA informs Parliament of lending curbs
- Lender alliance won’t dent the big four
- ASIC takes action against non-bank lender
- New SME lending platform threatens majors
- Best rates merely an ‘entry point’ for non-majors
- FSI calls for ‘competitive neutrality’ among lenders
- Packer and Murdoch invest in new lender
- CoreLogic RP Data backs new foreign buyer recommendations
- New MFAA chief to fight for SMSF lending
- Non-bank launches insurance group
- Industry split over lending curbs: poll
- MyState launches fourth RMBS issue
- Aussie John welcomes lending investigation
- Packer-backed lender welcomes FSI proposals
- Industry bodies clash over SMSF lending
- Majors could be forced into credit reporting
- Australian Unity acquires $80 million mortgage funds
- NAB sells £1.2 billion of high risk mortgages
- Commercial lender announces new appointment
- Aussie launches mentoring program
- Mortgages ‘not moving fast enough’ says lender
- ANZ: ‘We are at a tipping point’
- NAB and ANZ reserve judgement on risk weighting
- Smaller lenders cry foul over ‘anti-competitive conduct’
- Why I write 100pc of my loans with non-bank lenders
- ‘Vested interests’ blamed for proposed SMSF lending ban
- CBA tie-up guarantees broker trail: John Symond
- Michael Russell eyes finance and real estate roles
- Weak lending figures could point to rate cut
- Majors eye mortgage referral networks: report
- Will P2P lending threaten mortgages?
- The final nail in the coffin for SMSF lending?
- Lenders eye concentration risk
- Investors turn to specialist lenders
- Non-majors dominate rate cutting
- Former ING exec to head NAB’s UK lender
- WA lender to merge with major mutual bank
- APRA lending spotlight to aid housing correction
- This new year is one to watch in finance
- Poor productivity continues to inhibit GDP growth
- Majors revise rate forecasts as oil price bites
- Lenders should be more consistent
- Westpac to retain Fiji and PNG businesses after divestiture
- Westpac announces new appointment
- Banks exceed APRA risk limit on investor lending
- Three cities set real estate records
- New Westpac boss gets straight to it
- ASIC targets first lender in mortgage market probe
- Regional bank launches Australian-first business app
- Macquarie strengthens distribution with YBR acquisitions
- Online lender undercuts the majors
- NAB margin squeezed by 'intense competition'
- Google launches mortgage calculator
- NZ big banks maintain lending growth
- Brokers flock to new lender
- Borrowers warned about new peer-to-peer lenders
- FHB error could aggravate investor lending issue
- Online lender doubles demand after cutting rates
- CBA reveals mortgage distribution plans
- Why brokers shouldn’t fear peer-to-peer lending
- AFG responds to acquisition rumours
- Specialist lender makes 40-point rate cut
- Suncorp posts 15 per cent profit growth
- Specialist lenders underutilised: poll
- CBA reveals home loan digitisation plans
- ANZ boss acknowledges 'tougher' environment
- Lenders to benefit from new Veda service
- RBA to assess impact of APRA lending guidance
- Non-bank lenders need to get on the front foot
- Govt keeping 'an open mind' on SMSF lending
- NAB: 'We didn’t get it right the first time'
- Online lender makes second round of rate cuts
- Westpac exit could hold silver lining for Genworth
- Non-majors outpaced big four growth in 2014
- FHBs ‘inflating’ investor lending concerns: CEO
- Westpac home finance manager banned
- Non-major lifts margin by 20bps
- Investor lending comes off the boil
- Analysis: Margin squeeze forcing consolidation
- Assistant treasurer ‘concerned’ about SMSF lending
- Costello defends SMSF lending
- CBA names new group executive
- Westpac: RBA to cut rates in April or May
- Will an open-minded government keep SMSF lending alive?
- Risk of SMSF lending issues is ‘remote’
- Housing finance tipped to fall
- CBA appoints new director
- ASIC investigates NAB breach report shortfall
- CUA lending jumps 75 per cent
- Special report: Comparison websites and mortgage lending
- Australians unaware of how big four control non-majors
- Lending market set to welcome Australia's biggest retail group
- Lender clarifies referral relationship following ASIC probe
- ASIC puts lending industry on notice
- Lender grows BDM team
- Commercial lender opens Melbourne office
- Matching the right clients with debtor finance funding options
- APRA ‘ready to take action’ on mortgage lending
- Wide Bay to begin trading as a bank
- Virgin to relaunch home loans
- Specialist lender makes another appointment
- The future of banking and financial services
- Westpac eyes forex opportunity in broker channel
- ASIC launches home insurance website
- La Trobe hires former broker
- Association offers alternative to SMSF lending ban
- LJ Hooker launches buyer’s agency
- ING Direct launches loyalty program for borrowers
- Lender weighs in on negative gearing debate
- ANZ case to reach High Court
- Home lending up 10pc in 12 months
- Suncorp Group names new CEO
- Mortgage market hungry for white label lending
- Lender raises fraud concerns
- US lender enters Australian market
- ANZ to repay financial planning clients
- Repayment history indicators now appearing on credit files
- La Trobe bolsters executive team
- Another finance and property group targets Brisbane
- Westpac still confident of May rate cut
- APRA reveals impact of regulation on lending
- Suncorp awarded for innovative mortgage product
- Digital disruptors already impacting Australian lending
- The impact of P2P lending on banks
- SME confidence steady: NAB
- YBR and Homeloans comment on merger reports
- Westpac appoints new director
- ANZ to sell off $8.3bn lending business
- Westpac lending concerns ‘overdone’
- Big four bank boosts mobile lending network
- Pepper makes another international acquisition
- Westpac acknowledges broker success
- Nation’s largest lender under margin pressure
- Slow uptake of comprehensive credit reporting
- Finance and property group shows tech credentials
- APRA right to ‘turn up the dial’ on lending standards
- Tax incentives would encourage more foreigners
- Lender completes $1bn RMBS deal
- ANZ pledges $3bn to growing SMEs
- Lender offers new SME opportunity
- Coastal communities post impressive capital gains
- ANZ issues first ‘green’ bonds
- Lender unveils 3.49pc fixed rate
- Investor lending changes insufficient: Moody’s
- Lending reforms could delay next rate rise
- La Trobe prices $250m RMBS issue
- Lenders react to APRA investor crackdown
- ANZ green bond priced at $600m
- CBA bolsters China strategy with RMB licence
- Rate decision 'accommodative', says RBA
- Govt puts spotlight on P2P lending regulation
- APRA lending crackdown ‘bearing fruit’
- ANZ appoints corporate and commercial director
- Beware of upfront fees
- Acquisitions drive big growth for YBR
- NZ central bank tightens investor lending rules
- Genworth renews contract with NAB Broker
- Liberty helps secure $30m for online lending platform
- Westpac completes major restructure
- Investor pricing action not positive, says non-bank
- Westpac to sell down stake in investment firm
- Macquarie to refund over 2,000 clients
- Suncorp moved to pre-empt APRA crackdown
- The lowdown on the banks’ changes to investor lending rules
- NAB names Flavell replacement
- NAB non-exec director set to retire
- Investor lending caps a case of history repeating
- P2P lender considers stock market listing
- ANZ welcomes retail life insurance reforms
- FHBs the focus of radical new plan by lender
- ThinCats reveals new commission structure
- Personal finance least searched industry online
- ANZ extends presence overseas
- NAB investment encouraged by new report
- Suncorp’s loan book repositioning reflected in new ratings
- Investment lending slows as non-majors gain market share
- NAB plans UK subsidiary sale
- House prices forecast to fall in seven capital cities
- Real estate group to launch broking arm
- Suncorp picks up international award
- CBA lifts limits on up-front vals
- Housing finance falls to 21-month low
- APRA urges majors to strengthen capital
- Westpac completes $91m sale of overseas operations
- Grexit risk 'muted': NAB
- Lender rebrands, partners with trade giant
- CBA defends 'slow' scandal response
- Macquarie records near-50pc loan growth
- ANZ targets business clients in India
- Macquarie plays role in major real estate consolidation
- Westpac receives Aaa credit rating
- ANZ appoints former McDonalds CEO
- NAB flags ‘worrying’ SMSF lending trends
- The talent shortage in mortgage broking
- AFG partners with online lender
- Suncorp posts billion-dollar profit
- ANZ releases app for mobile lenders
- ANZ plans $3bn capital raise
- Finding your way in commercial lending
- Accounting firm to finance SMEs
- NAB profit jumps as bad debts fall
- Bendigo reveals investor loan strategy
- Access to finance proves challenging for exporters
- ANZ establishes tech panel
- ASIC backs fintech industry with new committee
- Bendigo alliance to boost NSW footprint
- CBA mortgages underperform
- Former ANZ executive poached by Findex
- Aaa rating reflects CBA’s credit strength: Moody’s
- NAB Broker inks new settlements deal
- Westpac needs to raise $3 billion in capital: Morningstar
- ANZ chief singles out strong mortgage performance
- SAI Global to expand services following NAB Broker deal
- CEO says lending curbs will rescue run-off
- ASIC probe finds lending standards fall short
- Bibby launches trade finance solution
- Sydney and Melbourne among global commercial ‘hotspots’
- AMP delivers solid mortgage growth, increases margin
- SMEs grow loan volumes for Interim Finance
- WA bank defies slow market, boosts lending growth
- APRA figures support lending crackdown
- APRA issues fresh warning on home lending
- NAB reclassifies household data
- Fannie Mae launches lower income mortgage
- European SME lender lands in Sydney
- AFG sees surge in commercial mortgages
- What is financial literacy really about?
- Auswide boosts mortgage approvals, lifts margin
- NAB issues firm warning on foreign investment
- Market conditions create perfect storm for risky lending
- Analysis: the new wave of personal lending
- Top economist slams APRA lending crackdown
- Mutual beats the majors on customer satisfaction
- Rate discount product gains traction
- Westpac unveils growth strategy
- RBA warns against poor lending practices
- Medcraft pushes for product intervention powers
- National growth beginning to stall: NAB
- Specialist lender prices $250m RMBS transaction
- The rise and rise of alternative lending: what you need to know as a broker
- European lender working with brokers
- ANZ completes $720m SPP offer
- Investor lending ticks up in July
- More M&A deals expected from specialist lenders
- Non-majors win over customers
- ANZ chief plays down Asia exposure
- Macquarie to launch new products
- On the Record: Tim Lawless, CoreLogic RP Data
- Why don’t we budget?
- Debtor finance the ‘tool of choice’ for struggling SMEs
- Former NAB execs unite to take on the majors
- ANZ expands retail footprint in China
- ATO significantly revises SMSF lending figures
- ASIC suspends lender’s credit licence
- Regulator 'not backing down' on lending crackdown
- Deals we didn’t do this month – and insights as to why
- RBA to cut cash rate to 1.5%, says ANZ
- APRA crackdown forces SMSF lenders out of the market
- HSBC stops lending to new investors
- On the Record: Brendan O’Donnell, Liberty Network Services
- Fed Court finds lender breached NCCP
- CBA-owned start-up to disrupt credit reporting
- Efforts to curb risky lending may not work, says IMF
- ANZ grows retail footprint in Asia
- Success of APRA lending crackdown ‘overstated’
- La Trobe to grow Asian footprint
- Director jailed over $13m Westpac loan fraud
- Suncorp appoints new director
- McGrath acquires franchisee ahead of potential ASX listing
- Hiring a finance broker: the onboarding process
- Macquarie completes $400m capital raising
- Mortgage switching skewing housing finance data: economist
- Lending changes to continue as banks face 'delicate' job
- Turnbull supports Australia’s growth as finance hub
- New lending platform to service SMEs
- Lender on track to post $8 billion profit
- NAB's credit ratings remain unchanged
- Report highlights demand for lending professionals
- Westpac move ‘credit-positive’: Moody’s
- Vow launches new digital platform
- Westpac completes institutional entitlement offer
- NAB to evaluate impact of branches
- CBA to repay $7.6 million
- Lender records 72% surge in pre-tax profit
- Regulators ‘alert’ to non-bank investor lending
- Competition drove lending standards to ‘horribly low level’: APRA
- Busting five myths about fintech
- Credit industry on track to improving lending decisions
- ATO confirms key dates for new SMSF lending rules
- FlexiGroup expands NZ footprint with acquisition
- Risks flagged as banks exit SMSF lending
- NAB's investor loan growth falls sharply
- Macquarie mortgage growth drives strong profit result
- Westpac reveals impact of mortgage repricing
- Adelaide Bank hikes rates on investor and owner-occupied loans
- Suncorp grows mortgages but records fall in SME lending
- Weaker housing sentiment ‘not all negative’: NAB
- Lending scams on the rise, says ASIC
- ‘Pockets of pressure’ emerging in Australian lending
- CBA posts $2.4 billion first quarter profit
- What bank branches will look like in 10 years
- Nobel Laureate to headline major international finance conference
- Investment lending slumps in September
- AMP Bank to re-enter SMSF lending space by year end
- Rate hike to ease ‘considerable pressure’ on margins: non-major
- ANZ to repay customers $13 million
- Peer-to-peer lender joins ARCA
- Lender increases rates by up to 20 basis points
- Listed lender records 47% settlement growth
- Westpac completes retail shortfall bookbuild
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- Owner-occupier lending overtakes investor
- CBA says interest rates ‘not a major factor’
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- ANZ makes senior management change
- CBA to continue innovating ‘at the edge’
- CBA to refund $80 million after failing to apply mortgage benefits
- La Trobe credit fund passes $1 billion milestone
- Low rates 'the new normal': Kolenda
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- Factoring leads post-GFC recovery of debtor finance market
- ANZ launches new internet banking site
- Lending officer cops permanent ban
- Home loan repricing ‘unsustainable’, says J.P. Morgan
- P2P lenders to offer mortgage products
- Why personality is the key to ongoing success
- La Trobe Financial picks up prestigious title
- New lender partners with thousands of brokers
- Report points to tighter finances this Christmas
- Business conditions steady in November: NAB
- Former Macquarie boss joins RBA
- How to conduct a difficult performance conversation
- Lending curbs having ‘dramatic impact’ on property market
- Non-major resumes SMSF lending
- ACCC approval to ‘level playing field’ for lenders
- Improved outlook for listed lender
- Bank inks deal with P2P lender
- NAB names new group executive
- FIRB approves Veda acquisition
- Former Westpac manager cops permanent ban
- Is a payday loan ever a good idea?
- Ponzi scheme couple committed for trial
- ANZ names acting CFO
- Non-major lenders announce merger
- APRA gives early Christmas gift to non-majors
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- Analysis: Lending curbs around the world
- ANZ’s Mike Smith looks back on 8 years of leadership
- Automation threatening finance jobs
- Deflation fears likely to ease: NAB
- Macquarie leads M&A activity for 2015
- Investor lending slumps in December
- CUA shines light on personal lending
- Bibby to lose brand presence following acquisition
- Former ANZ adviser cops 10-year ban
- Suncorp appoints new treasurer
- ANZ report highlights new investment hotspot
- Top business publisher acquires My Business
- ATO 'very concerned' over SMSF lending
- ANZ rejects 'toxic culture' allegations
- NAB prices Clydesdale IPO
- Major bank reacts to ASIC lending concerns
- NAB predicts three Fed rate hikes for 2016
- ANZ exec steps down
- Small businesses being ‘outperformed by a significant margin’
- Sterling Publishing set to launch new platform for SMSF trustees and investors
- ANZ announces major executive changes
- NAB to focus on core markets following UK exit
- P2P lender opens its books
- Record-low rates driving demand for lending roles
- BMW Finance pays $391,000 for NCCP breach
- Vic Supreme Court approves NAB demerger
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- ANZ raises rates on business loans
- Genworth profits fall 29% as lending changes hurt LMI demand
- Lender penalised for overcharging consumers
- Penalised lender responds to ASIC action
- CBA increasingly reliant on brokers
- New platform launched for SMSF trustees and investors
- CBA records 28% rise in bad loans
- ASIC tipped to launch rate-rigging case against major bank
- ANZ launches mobile payments app
- Suncorp expands mortgage distribution footprint
- APRA eliminates 'aggressive lending practices'
- Association throws support behind penalised lender
- CBA forecasts ‘volatile year’ for real estate
- ANZ chief flags economic headwinds and rising funding costs
- CBA receives AAA rating for mortgage bonds
- NAB group finance exec resigns
- Macquarie snaps up loan book from ASX-listed lender
- NAB appoints new director
- P2P lending no threat to mortgages
- Westpac reveals new rates
- NAB changes tone on Fed rate hike
- ANZ mortgage bonds assigned AAA rating
- Government launches fintech advisory group
- Lender focused on next growth phase
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- Google boss joins ANZ
- ANZ supports start-ups with new platform
- Westpac mortgage bonds receive top rating
- Australia to outpace US in alternative lending
- 'Angry' bank customers flock to smaller lenders
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- ANZ fined for NCCP breach
- Skills shortage to drive finance salaries higher
- Lenders announce rate cuts
- CBA confirms rate changes
- Former bank CEO joins P2P lender
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- Former Westpac CEO to join ING
- Lender voices concerns over ‘disappointing’ CCR adoption
- ANZ committed to improving financial literacy
- Lenders to regain hunger for investors
- Banks' mortgage appetite leaves $20b hole in finance market
- Online lender to target brokers, accountants
- La Trobe takes out international award
- APRA finds ‘surprising’ disparity in mortgage lending
- ANZ fine ‘up to a court’, says ASIC
- UK lenders question calls for more capital
- SMEs reliant on personal finances for funding
- YBR announces another acquisition
- Majors' mortgage satisfaction slumps
- Regulator warns of P2P lending risks
- CBA’s business model ‘not sustainable’
- Listed lender announces ‘landmark transaction’
- RBA warns of ‘aggressive expansion’ by foreign lenders
- ANZ to pay $5 million to customers
- ANZ announces lending changes
- Capital requirements to create shift in construction finance sector
- CBA recognised for sustainable branches
- Senior Suncorp exec resigns
- ANZ Pacific chief announces retirement
- ASIC penalises Westpac financier for NCCP breach
- Westpac to defend rate-rigging allegations
- ANZ appoints regional executive
- La Trobe’s P2P offering receives ‘superior’ rating
- Suncorp finalises $750m debt issue
- Westpac transforms home loan book
- Drop in consumer sentiment ‘disappointing’: Westpac
- ANZ names new chief for Indonesia
- Virgin Money unveils new local mortgage product
- Bank merger in play as lenders take on the big four
- Lenders hike variable rates
- CBA announces mortgage changes
- P2P lender hits $1m in interest payments
- Westpac announces significant lending changes
- Westpac tightens mortgage lending for foreign buyers
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- Fintech provider to launch white-label offering
- Westpac boss warns of rising bad loans
- ANZ profits fall 24%
- NAB slashes rates by 25 basis points
- ANZ admits to difficulties over non-resident mortgages
- Westpac’s asset quality to ‘deteriorate’
- Lenders join rate cut chorus
- ANZ says investor loans are ‘lower risk’
- Lending changes curb NAB’s mortgage growth
- ANZ results show continued pressure on credit quality
- More lenders move on rates
- Macquarie grows mortgage book by 16%
- Lenders continue to cut rates
- Loan impairment hits five-year high for CBA
- Macquarie well positioned for uncertain future: Moody’s
- Business environment still 'favourable' despite slump: NAB
- YBR acquires mortgage manager
- NAB restricts lending to foreigners
- Small business lending reaches record high for banks
- ANZ axes hundreds of jobs amid ‘low lending growth’
- UK regulator releases responsible lending findings
- Budget too optimistic about productivity, says KPMG
- Aussie fund manager bets big on P2P lending
- Lenders still 'dialling down' on SMSF market
- ANZ appoints chief financial officer
- Teachers Mutual stops lending to investors
- Banks announce raft of lending changes
- Listed lender has firm eye on global growth and innovation
- Branson’s commission question and the birth of Virgin mortgages
- Suncorp reveals new mortgage rates
- Non-majors lead for mortgage satisfaction
- Former ANZ tech boss joins Suncorp
- Lender caught over-charging consumers
- AMP Bank exits non-resident lending
- Former Suncorp chief joins Genworth board
- Non-bank lender receives fresh funding
- Suncorp unveils unified business model
- YBR completes acquisition of Loan Avenue
- More lending curbs on the horizon as prices bounce back
- La Trobe completes $250m RMBS deal
- Westpac makes significant lending changes
- CBA director joins OnDeck as operations chief
- Lenders unveil pricing changes
- Salary increases ‘limited’ in finance sector
- Experts name best mortgage lenders
- CBA sets record straight on ‘mortgage war’
- CBA names new director
- Developers given a lifeline as lender reveals new offering
- ANZ appoints risk expert
- Fintech player enters SME lending market
- Suncorp exec to join CBA
- The lowdown on foreign investor taxes
- Suncorp leads region for customer experience
- New lending platforms here to stay: ASIC
- NAB changes home loan policy
- Business conditions ‘unwavering’, says NAB
- Former Westpac CEO joins Rubik
- Major developer sees 'dangerous' impact of lending curbs
- Finance jobs tick up in second quarter
- Brexit had ‘little impact’ on Australian confidence: ANZ
- Westpac completes $1.7 billion capital raising
- Commercial lending overtakes home loan growth
- Centrepoint announces funding agreement with NAB
- Alternative lenders at risk in battle for customer data
- Mortgage managers ‘crunched’ in new lending landscape
- La Trobe recognised on world stage
- NAB closes $1.5bn capital raising
- Investor lending bounces back
- UK headed for 'shallow recession': NAB
- CBA changes automated valuations
- Two lenders reduce rates
- Seven lenders unite to stir big bank complacency
- Lenders announce LVR changes
- Lender warns of heavy write-offs
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- Fintech breakthrough sees launch of new lender
- Nation’s largest credit union overhauls lending criteria
- NAB announces business restructure
- Analysis: Westpac’s new online lending investment
- Lenders to offer same-day mortgages
- ASIC bans former ANZ adviser
- Westpac continues to shed investor loans
- Non-resident, apartment lending crackdown continues
- Finance among nation's most confident sectors
- Non-bank inks $100m lending deal with banking giant
- Westpac announces NZ$250 million capital raising
- Former Xero boss joins non-bank lender
- Analysis: Majors under attack over meagre rate cuts
- Non-majors reduce variable rates
- Macquarie business lending outperforms home loans
- Bank will focus on 'higher quality' mortgage lending, says CEO
- Bank tipped to acquire non-bank lender
- ANZ appoints chief economist
- DomaCom teams up with peer-to-peer lender
- Heritage Bank lending down by $60m
- Women in Finance finalists revealed
- Listed lender cuts rates by up to 65 basis points
- Westpac funds 'game changing' new white-label product
- CBA: direct loans 'as good as they are going to get'
- University launches banking service
- NAB warns of more economic risk on the way
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- NAB says Aussie businesses are more innovative than they realise
- Boost in new home lending
- APRA tipped to tighten investor lending even further
- ANZ to raise $1bn with new hybrid
- Free credit score service launched for small businesses
- Broker blasts ‘smoke and mirrors’ of online lending
- Bank resumes investor lending, launches 98% LVR loan
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- RBA ‘retains strong easing bias’, says ANZ
- Lender sees billion-dollar settlement spike ahead of merger
- Non-bank posts record year of lending
- CBA is ‘stifling competition’, says Acorns
- Porges steps down as chairman of marketplace lender
- CBA pays out $7.6m in compensation
- Bank launches new mortgage offering
- 10-year ban for former lending director
- Macquarie fined $400,000 over van Eyk fund
- Major lender sounds warning on housing market
- ANZ extends Apple Pay and Android Pay to another half a million cardholders
- Listed lender posts 171% surge in revenue
- Specialist lender signs sports sponsorship deal
- ANZ to refund $28.8m in fees
- NAB on the hunt for new execs
- ANZ reshuffles management as COO steps down
- Regional home loan arrears outpace cities
- Sharp housing finance decline no cause for alarm
- CBA pays $180K in penalties
- ASIC: Responsible lending in mortgage industry improving
- Record lending lifts mutual lender’s earnings by 8.7%
- Lending change to ‘fuel surge in SME owners’
- ANZ: cash rate set to hold
- Suncorp announces new leadership team appointments
- Housing commencements reach record high
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- ASIC bans former ANZ-aligned adviser
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- CBA appoints new chairman
- Investor lending rebounds in August
- ASIC updates market on CommInsure probe
- APRA urged to act on FSI recommendations
- NAB’s $2bn capital injection ‘another positive’
- Major cities may see off-the-plan purchases fail
- Marginal improvement in housing affordability: HIA
- Lender announces discounted home loan rates
- Rentals remain ‘fairly stable’ across most cities
- Consumer confidence on marginal ‘upward trend’
- Mortgage lending on APRA radar amid ‘heightened risks’
- Chinese group acquires mortgage insurer
- Lending curbs slammed amid ‘significant risks’ in investor housing
- Peer lending surges as investors dodge banks
- NAB restores home loan volume growth to system levels
- Analysis: Is APRA about to curb lending again?
- Non-bank lender appoints new director
- CBA renews LMI deal
- NAB recruits 338 brokers in 12 months
- ANZ to sell its Australian wealth business
- Lender’s self-employed mortgages rise by more than a third
- Major bank pulls back on mortgage lending
- ASIC announces payday lending changes
- Group home loans and syndicates on the rise, says CBA
- Brokerage aims to make commercial lending more transparent
- Porges resigns from marketplace lender
- CCR offering lenders more holistic view of customers
- CBA posts $2.4bn profit in first quarter
- Mining towns and lending curbs weigh on mortgage insurance
- SME lender flags ‘negative shift’ in borrowings
- Lender appoints new CEO - 2016
- ‘We’re putting things right’, says CBA
- Non-majors introduce Apple Pay
- Asian investors fund local lender in bullish developer play
- APRA urged to ‘intensify’ investor lending crackdown
- Getting to the truth via credit repair
- Perpetual launches ‘groundbreaking’ mortgage platform
- Global lender opens banking business in Australia
- Short-term lender raises $33.5m in funding round
- Housing on RBA “wall of worry”, says CBA economist
- US lender confirms third-party plans
- Specialist lender prices non-conforming RMBS
- ME launches new internet banking platform
- Westpac loosens mortgage lending for migrants
- Non-bank sells mortgage portfolio
- Non-bank boss steps down following merger
- Majors tipped to reprice ‘lower quality’ mortgages
- Tasmania bank launches new digital offering
- First digital currency code of conduct launched
- IOOF shows interest in buying ANZ wealth
- Tighter lending curbs to halve price growth in 2017: HSBC
- Nineteen lenders hike fixed-rates, variable rates tipped to follow
- NAB increases home loan rates
- Major bank launches mobile payment system for businesses
- Lender to pay $77m for credit law failures
- GDP result ‘shockingly weak’: ANZ
- Major bank appoints new head of sustainable finance
- Non-bank awarded for strong performance
- Lawyer slams potential SMSF lending curbs
- Mutual lender takes out top spot for customer satisfaction
- Major lifts rates for investors, will roll out new products in 2017
- ANZ Wealth manager joins FSC
- On the Record: Damian Percy, Adelaide Bank
- Capital cities see second busiest auction week of the year
- BOQ acquires SME funding business
- Lenders slam delayed FSI reforms
- ANZ director retires
- Analysis: How lending curbs reshaped the industry in 2016
- Lender rings in the new year with rate changes
- ANZ to sell asset finance business
- ANZ asset finance business receives ratings downgrade
- ‘Move-up buyers’ drive growth in housing finance
- Suncorp chief steps down
- ANZ has new solution for lost and stolen cards
- Consumers’ views on finances drop
- All eyes on APRA as investor lending surges 20%
- CBA customer to engage independent advocate over advice case
- US lender tipped to enter Australian mortgage market
- How on earth did ‘peer-to-peer’ lending become so popular?
- Capital cities finish 2016 ‘on front foot’
- If you want a great credit score, stop loan shopping
- Heritage enables customers to temporarily block cards
- Fintech lender receives $20m funding from listed bank
- Mutual launches innovative home loan offer
- Local P2P lender not ruling out mortgage play
- ‘We’re our own banker’: Triguboff beats lending curbs
- NAB boss highlights new mortgage distribution deal
- $60bn in major bank lending ‘squandered’
- Major bank subsidiary pulls investor lending deals
- Dwelling values rise across 7 capital cities
- 25% think being unable to afford a house impacts success
- Lender funds local fintech start-up
- ANZ names new wealth chief investment officer
- Analysis: The investor lending dilemma
- Major bank increases investor interest-only and line of credit rates
- Capital cities post strong week of auction activity
- Major bank sees new investor lending rise by 6%
- Bank stops accepting refinances, hikes investor rates
- Non-major increases stake in P2P lender
- Lender posts record home loan book growth
- Mortgage industry pioneer to leave Macquarie
- ANZ margin pressure ‘worrying’
- Lending surges 40% for challenger bank
- CBA’s ‘politically unpalatable’ repricing may not be enough
- Investor lending squeeze ‘biggest concern’ for property professionals
- APRA announces fresh guidance on mortgage lending
- Fintech lender secures $25m in funding, hits major milestone
- Lenders crowned at Fintech Business Awards
- Fintechs welcome to ‘eat our lunch’, says ANZ
- ASIC takes major bank to court over home lending
- APRA under pressure to curb lending as Sydney booms
- Housing commencements forecast to ease
- NAB boss questioned about breach reporting
- Major bank launches workplace gender equality bond
- CBA slammed over 'cover up'
- Job ads down, but more employment expected: ANZ
- Westpac explains position on apartments, foreign buyers
- ANZ backs public breach reporting
- APRA mortgage curbs may not be the best answer: Westpac
- Royal commission calls gain momentum
- New home lending eases in January
- Lenders slammed with $730k fine
- ANZ warns on apartment ‘spill-over’
- Major bank announces investor lending change
- Westpac deputy CEO to retire
- RBA prepared to intensify investor lending crackdown
- NAB changes home loan interest rates
- Lender to ‘be aggressive’ on home lending with $1.7bn deal
- ME launches refinance calculator tool
- Non-banks to profit from investor lending crackdown
- NAB gender equality bond raises $500m
- ANZ primed for investor loan growth
- ASIC releases findings of CommInsure probe
- Specialist lender enters ASX 300
- Westpac hikes rates by up to 117 basis points
- CBA lifts variable rates by 26 basis points
- ANZ increases interest rates
- On the Record: Mario Rehayem, Pepper Money
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- CBA raises $650m in first climate bond
- APRA announces further measures on investor lending
- Co-group CEO of specialist lender made redundant
- Specialist lender successfully prices $300m RMBS
- Banks commit to responsible lending reform
- New international listings website for Chinese buyers launches
- Suncorp Group names new non-executive director
- Specialist lender JV project collapses
- New mortgage rate comparison site launches
- Lenders announce home loan policy changes
- Westpac hikes interest-only rates
- Looming NPP offers banks the opportunity to simplify
- CBA amends SME lending following Carnell Inquiry
- APRA’s funding lever for ‘high risk’ non-bank lending
- Lender to increase IO rates for owner-occupiers
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- Next rate move is up, says Citi
- Rental affordability decreases in all major cities except Perth
- Major banks make changes to IO lending
- Budget’s new GST measures to affect lenders
- CBA announces fresh lending changes
- Low wage growth dampens consumer confidence: ANZ
- Specialist lender issues $650m in RMBS in 12 months
- Oversupply commentary ‘overly alarmist,’ NAB says
- Big four bank announces IO lending changes
- Westpac changes mortgage policy
- Housing growth ‘not confined’ to major cities: HIA
- ASIC deepens commitment to RegTech
- IO lending has ‘much further to fall’
- ‘Two loans’ needed under new home lending policy
- Bank launches new credit card following broker feedback
- Lender raises rates by 76bps
- Lender scraps IO repayments for owner-occupiers on fixed rates
- ANZ expects house price growth to ‘slow sharply’
- PEXA subscribers make record digital refinance settlements
- ANZ hikes rates by 30 basis points
- Former Westpac boss joins not-for-profit
- Nominations open for Women in Finance Awards
- Bernard Salt says FHBs need commitment, discipline and focus
- Lender changes rates and reinstates standalone P&I investor refinances
- APRA’s next target: commercial lending
- NAB hikes IO rates by 35 basis points
- Commercial lending in a ‘credit crisis’
- CBA hikes rates by 30 points, tells customers to switch
- Westpac fined over reporting failures
- Analysis: Lending curbs could be permanent
- RBA has lending rates ‘where they want them’: economist
- Non-bank lenders could tweak IO policies, warns broker
- Pepper takeover reflects 'latent' strength of non-banks
- Investor lending slowdown continues
- Business conditions hit nine-year high: NAB
- Sentiment drops over accessibility of debt finance
- The growth of Australian mortgage broking
- La Trobe Financial appoints new execs
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- CBA ‘has work to do’ on APRA benchmark
- Finance worker banned for falsifying loan docs
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- Lender increases IO variable rates by 30 bps
- Macquarie grows mortgage portfolio to nearly $30bn
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- Asset finance and commercial mortgages on the up
- YBR posts positive results following strong lending growth
- Liberty Financial acquires nMB from Aussie
- CBA accused of money laundering breaches
- Non-major sees lift in lending, but struggles with tech
- Easing restrictions could encourage more Islamic lending options
- CBA shares tank on money laundering claims
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- Former ANZ manager joins Mortgage Choice
- CBA cuts executive bonuses
- Business conditions strong but retail still suffering: NAB
- Investor lending bounces back in June
- ANZ comments on money laundering scandal
- Finalists for Women in Finance Awards announced
- CBA’s new IO lending over 30%
- CBA in damage control on AUSTRAC allegations
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- CBA CEO to ‘retire’ next year
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- Mortgage repricing delivers 5% lift in NAB earnings
- ANZ ‘best placed’ to meet APRA benchmark
- Lending changes 'will continue', warns Bouris
- FHBs at ‘pointy end’ of affordability problems: Westpac
- Auswide provides M&A update, posts FY17 lending results
- CBA could face $966bn in penalties
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- Finance sector must ‘rebuild trust’: Laker
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- CBA in S&P’s crosshairs
- Residential lending jumps by more than 7%
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- Market confidence ‘the big challenge’ for home finance
- TCorp director joins CBA board
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- ASIC targets reverse mortgages as lenders ditch products
- ‘Annuity-style businesses' drive Macquarie outlook
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- NAB to fund low-income Aussies
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- Best lending standards 'might not be enough': RBA
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- CBA sells CommInsure to AIA
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- ANZ tips two cash rate hikes next year
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- Westpac to refund $65m to customers
- Non-bank sees 48% surge in new lending
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- NAB to axe 6,000 jobs by 2020
- CCR should be voluntary for smaller lenders: COBA
- ANZ eyes ‘widened’ gap between wages and home loans
- Messy mortgage process costing lenders $2,500 per deal
- Westpac still dominating investor lending market
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- CUA mortgages launch through digital channels
- ‘Predatory loans’: central bank slams P2P lending
- APRA appoints former NAB GM
- Westpac’s venture capital fund invests in BRICKX
- CBA apologises to shareholders
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- NAB pays out additional $314m
- Senate to launch new inquiry into lending market
- NAB cut introducer program by 90%, reveals CEO
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- Tighter credit stifling auction activity: ANZ Research
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- No logic to 'archaic' ADI law, says Firstmac
- Accelerate capital accumulation: RBA
- Non-banks to gain from ECB moves
- FBAA hits out at cheaper mortgage claims
- RESIMAC reacts to ECB securitisation measures
- Know who you’re dealing with: ACCC
- MFAA must reinvent itself
- Verification app wins industry approval
- Low growth in bank fees
- Online mortgages drive Firstmac RMBS demand
- ASIC ‘complacent’ on major bank sub-brands
- Coles mortgage play pivots on trust
- Deloitte sees digital value in major banks
- Short-term loans on the rise
- UK mortgage approvals to fall ‘significantly’
- No level playing field for regionals
- Cash offers ‘a given’ with NZ mortgages
- Planner flags conflicted remuneration in mortgage broking
- Sterling director appointed to AMAA board
- RBA calls for more data from FIRB
- RBA rate announcement
- Originator announces inaugural CMBS transaction
- Mortgage demand remains stable
- Building societies to grow 15pc in year ahead
- FHB numbers to fall further
- Analysis: Return of the Red Star
- Finsure to roll out branded planning business
- Regional banks struggle for market share
- RBA warns banks over mortgages
- Aussie dismisses bank-ownership critics
- Britain’s £1 billion-a-day digital banking revolution
- Competition for BDMs heats up
- Majors fight back against digital threat
- $500bn opportunity in reverse mortgage market
- Foreign buyer demand falls in Q2
- Unemployment rises to six per cent
- ACFS report warns ‘GFC is not over’
- Industry struggles to attract new brokers
- Murray report flags ‘systemic risk’ of housing
- Mortgage broking vertical integration 'conflicted', says Murray
- Coles announces JV with GE Capital
- HSBC reveals third-party plans
- COBA hits out at ‘contradicted’ Murray report
- JP Morgan Chase mortgages down 66 per cent
- RBA could follow New Zealand on LVR caps
- New entrant threat ‘incremental and progressive’
- YBR director steps down
- Low-doc loan demand falls
- COBA CEO resigns
- Regional bank report identifies likely acquisition targets
- ME Bank winning on fixed rates
- Murray report leaves non-banks in the dark
- AMP Bank cuts rates
- Australia’s ‘safe haven’ status under threat
- Economist dismisses speculation over mortgage stress
- Queensland recovery to boost BOQ loan book
- Analysis: Behind the fixed-rate war
- Xenophon to introduce FHB changes
- Cash rate to hit four per cent
- REIWA warns against privatising Keystart
- Macquarie and ME Bank see greatest growth
- Fixed rate refi boom leaves retention in shadows
- Fixed rates expected to woo borrowers
- LVRs creep up in July
- RP Data fortifies Rismark partnership
- New bank to enter broker channel
- RBA rate announcement
- Cheap funding may have hit its limit
- Brokers to profit from Asian migrants
- Younger Aussies struggling with debt
- Rate war spurs further discounts
- Mortgage demand still strong
- Regional bank records 70/30 rates split
- CEO of regional bank resigns
- Banks face class action over fees
- Broker groups to buy into wealth sector
- Clients of collapsed broker group $11.5 million out of pocket
- Major bank customers disloyal: survey
- Australians continue to feel financial pressures
- Mortgage industry split on rate cuts
- QBE to float LMI business
- AMP advisers drive new mortgage business
- YBR expands WA footprint
- Mortgage broking vertical integration conflicted: poll
- FBAA conference open to entire industry
- Bank of England officials disagree on rates
- MyState broker strategy delivers
- Veda records surge in high risk loan applications
- Analysis: the equity release dilemma
- Non-bank feels pressure as profits slide
- COBA calls for clarity on broker ‘independence’
- Wide Bay profits jump 16 per cent
- Fixed rates position banks for the cross sell
- Mortgage group suffers $4 million loss
- NZ reverse mortgage market ‘stagnant’
- TAL names new board chairman
- RBS fined $25m for poor mortgage advice
- YBR mortgage settlements up 49 per cent
- Regionals call for increased broker disclosure
- RBA rate announcement - September 2014
- Former Hockey adviser joins ABA
- Fixed-rate mortgage demand on the rise
- FHB loans hit four-year low
- Planners and accountants the future of distribution
- ING Direct sells mortgage portfolio
- Mutual banks ‘at a threshold’
- SMSF loans a potential NCCP breach
- Broking a ‘sub-segment’ of planning, says YBR chief
- Big banks swerve LMI for higher rates
- Low rates boost loan demand
- Fears grow as investor loans skyrocket
- CEO hits back at ‘sub-segment’ claims
- Business conditions ‘significantly lower’ than before GFC
- US mortgage demand hits 14-year low
- Two in five homes sold above asking price
- Firstmac banks on online mortgages
- Hewson slams bank mortgage bias
- Average mortgage down 15bps since last rate move
- Aussie drops rates to record low
- YBR outlines next phase strategy
- Major bank fined over mortgage ads
- Major brokerage rejects bank ownership criticism
- Loan Market details new planning venture
- Mortgage stress drops with low rates
- Housing supply shortage set to continue
- Bank risk weightings ‘in the balance’, says APRA
- BCA warns FSI on banking reform
- Investor home loan figures ‘exaggerated’
- BOQ compensates Storm Financial victims
- We need negative gearing: housing lobby
- Mutual tops banking satisfaction survey
- One-third sell reverse mortgages: poll
- Mortgage market becoming ‘unbalanced’, says RBA
- ‘We will lose money for three years’: Wealth Market
- Mortgage group hit with more compliance
- Major bank to announce ramped trail commissions
- RBS chairman steps down
- Vow appointment reflects industry convergence
- Major accounting group expands into mortgages
- Diversified broker groups face “long, hard road”: Brad Wood
- Two million at risk of default
- Fixed-rate demand hits four-month high
- Broker group targets Chinese investors
- More accounting firms to enter mortgage space
- Building approvals hit 30-year high
- Housing market shows signs of cooling
- RBA rate announcement
- Brokerage to change recruitment criteria
- Rate hikes on the horizon
- Pepper prices second sub-prime RMBS issue
- Standard variable rates to hit 6.8 per cent by 2016
- Former RBA board member calls for rate hike
- Online loans get the refi vote
- ABS admits to incorrect data
- Non-bank distribution channels set to change
- Scrap negative gearing to curb investors: Eslake
- Credit Union appoints C-suite executive
- JP Morgan calls on government to fund non-banks
- Aussie brokers can learn from UK, says Weston
- Business confidence continues to fall
- One in six new properties sold to foreigners
- Broker recruitment strategy sees approvals surge
- ‘Big call’: rates to remain stable for a decade
- Killing negative gearing would hurt FHB market
- RBA jawboning could be enough to scare investors
- Homeloans: diversification not hindered by brand
- No end in sight for rising house prices
- MFAA announces new CEO
- UK: HSBC cuts rates to 0.99 per cent
- Major brokerage pens last-minute letter to Murray
- Tax reform would curb negative gearing: AMP Capital
- DIFA appoints new chairman
- Mortgages getting riskier: RBA
- CBA leads bank satisfaction by a whisker
- Top broker slams Keating, calls for foreign investment figures
- Firstfolio appoints new CEO
- Wealthier borrowers turn to brokers
- Australians undecided on selling family home to fund retirement
- RBA already using macroprudential tools: Narev
- ABA supports financial planner register
- Industry divided on convergence: poll
- Major bank warned over misleading mortgage ads
- Chinese mortgage demand spikes
- Spring season a ‘litmus test’ for housing market
- Adelaide Bank slashes rates
- China breaks into broking
- Specialist loans no more complex than ‘vanilla’ loans
- Home insurance is ‘vital’: ASIC
- BOQ raises $600 million through five-year funding transaction
- RBA points to housing downturns
- Rates to remain steady
- Banks blamed for low-doc’s bad rap
- Apartment sales surge in September
- AMP to buy stake in China pension fund
- US Fed ends quantitative easing
- Homeloans appoints new credit managers
- Sydney and Melbourne buoy national house prices
- Aussie banks not so profitable
- Fixed rate demand hits eight-month high
- Wide Bay prices $300 million RMBS transaction
- Building approvals plummet 11 per cent
- RBA rate announcement
- Tensions rise as banks await Murray verdict
- Borrowers to set mortgage rates
- ABS explains incorrect employment figures
- Major bank delivers $2.3 billion first quarter profit
- High chance that banking rules will change: EY
- APRA warns banks of third-party risks
- Non-bank announces new broker deal
- Regional bank takes aim at majors
- Funder slashes variable rates
- RBA reveals reasons behind interest-only surge
- Banks not prepared for housing downturn
- Chinese economy a 'key risk' to Australian housing
- Bank backs brokers following APRA assertions
- Securitisation to fund real economy, says Medcraft
- RBA jawboning fails to deter investors
- Rates to rise on investor loans
- Major broker expands WA footprint
- Bank reveals new rates and commission structure
- House prices continue to moderate
- Building and job numbers remain weak
- Major bank head steps down
- Non-major to sell mortgage portfolio
- Mortgage demand sluggish in September
- Countdown to potential financial sector reforms
- Chinese credit boom to hit Australia hard: S&P
- Investor market continues to thrive
- Don’t blame overseas investors, says major bank
- Non-bank founder passes
- COBA names new chief executive
- Analysis: Repricing investor mortgages
- High unemployment to continue
- UK brokers to take 75 per cent market share
- Bank doubles broker market share in one month
- Housing downturn would wipe out major bank capital
- Majority predict ‘significant’ market correction
- RP Data announces change of identity
- Mutual banks need transformation: KPMG
- Clarification
- Industry veteran leaves non-bank
- National brokerage CEO retires
- S&P exposes futile mortgage price war
- Supermarkets flagged as biggest mortgage disruptor
- Wealth Today reaches new financial milestone
- FOFA amendments in peril
- NSW occupants ‘financially comfortable’
- Govt warns of industry damage after FOFA defeat
- Superannuation funds pose indirect threat to banks
- Companies lack confidence in third-party risks
- Non-majors bank on distribution to retain market share
- Mid-size businesses to benefit from China trade
- Sterling crowned Business Publishing Company of the Year
- Queensland new home building to skyrocket
- Investor loans now a majority
- ME Bank appoints new CIO