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Second tier lenders hamstrung: ING DIRECT
by Staff Reporter • 30 Mar 2010
Funding costs and lower margins on home lending are stopping second tier lenders from being competitive, a new review... READ MORE
REIA slams 'uncompetitive' banking industry
by Staff Reporter • 29 Mar 2010
Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) president David Airey has slammed the federal government’s treatment of... READ MORE
Non-bank lender boosts mortgage offering
by Staff Reporter • 29 Mar 2010
National Mortgage Company is set to make its mark on the mortgage market, ramping up its product offering to include... READ MORE
Lenders hold fire on commercial loans
by Staff Reporter • 25 Mar 2010
Lenders are expected to ration their lending to the commercial property sector, after slashing their exposures by more... READ MORE
AFG grows lender panel
by Staff Reporter • 24 Mar 2010
AFG has added Wide Bay Australia to its growing panel of residential lenders.
Australia's fifth largest building... READ MORE
Westpac warns of rate hikes
by Staff Reporter • 23 Mar 2010
Westpac has said interest rates will continue to climb steadily over the next five years.
According to a report in The... READ MORE
Macquarie issues low doc bond
by Staff Reporter • 22 Mar 2010
Macquarie Bank’s securitisation arm has privately issued RMBS containing $500 million worth of low doc loans, the... READ MORE
Smaller lenders to compete again: RBA
by Staff Reporter • 19 Mar 2010
The recent improvement in the securitisation market could help the pendulum swing back in favour of smaller lenders,... READ MORE
Bankwest next to issue RMBS
by Staff Reporter • 19 Mar 2010
Bankwest has become the latest lender to launch a residential mortgage-backed bond issue.
According to a report in The... READ MORE
The Adviser to rank the banks
by Staff Reporter • 18 Mar 2010
The Adviser has today announced that it will rank the banks to give the industry a clearer picture of how brokers... READ MORE
ING DIRECT launches offset product
by Staff Reporter • 17 Mar 2010
ING DIRECT has officially rolled out its new offset product through the broker channel.
Speaking at a broker breakfast... READ MORE
Non-conforming products make comeback
by Staff Reporter • 16 Mar 2010
According to the latest Adviser weekly straw poll, 43.3 per cent of brokers have seen demand increase over the last 12... READ MORE
Treasury warns of big bank dominance
by Staff Reporter • 16 Mar 2010
Speaking at the annual Count Financial conference in Canberra yesterday, Dr Henry said the sector was facing two key... READ MORE
Bankwest appoints new head of business and private banking
by Staff Reporter • 16 Mar 2010
Announcing the appointment, Bankwest’s business chief executive Ian Corfield said Mr Reid’s position would include... READ MORE
Refund admits to misleading conduct
by Staff Reporter • 15 Mar 2010
In October last year, the ACCC commenced proceedings against Refund and its managing director Wayne Ormond over... READ MORE

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