Lending growth slows 01 March 2016 5:21PM Consumer credit providers saw the value of their portfolios fall in January - the third fall in four months. At the same time, the rate of growth in lenders' mortgage and business portfolios has slowe.. read more
Teachers and Fire Brigade CU to merge 01 March 2016 5:20PM Teachers Mutual Bank and Fire Brigades Employees' Credit Union have announced plans to merge, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding to work on a mutually acceptable proposal. read more
Caesar to stay on at Veda 29 February 2016 4:55PM US data analytics company Equifax completed its takeover of Veda Group on Friday, announcing that Veda chief executive Nerida Caesar would continue to head the business. read more
Pepper confident mortgage securitisation market will open soon 29 February 2016 4:54PM The co-chief executive of lender and loan servicer Pepper Group, Patrick Tuttle, is not concerned about the lack of activity in the mortgage securitisation market this year, predicting that the first.. read more
AFG ramps up commercial lending 29 February 2016 4:53PM A big increase in commercial loan settlements was a feature of aggregator AFG's performance during the six months to December. read more
Yellow Brick Road gambles on growth 29 February 2016 4:53PM Yellow Brick Road doubled its revenue during the December half but none of the increase flowed through to the bottom line, which showed yet another loss for the mortgage broking and investment advisor.. read more
APRA spells out risk mitigation requirements for derivative transactions 26 February 2016 5:46PM The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a consultation paper setting out proposed margin and risk mitigation requirements for regulated entities transacting in non-centrally cleare.. read more
Securitisation market is open, says Perpetual Corporate Trust 26 February 2016 4:38PM Australia's largest corporate trustee, Perpetual Corporate Trust, has declared that the securitisation market is "open" and expects to see a recovery in mortgage-backed securities issuance in coming m.. read more
eChoice loan settlements return to growth 26 February 2016 4:37PM The business transformation strategy at mortgage company eChoice has started to bear fruit, with growth in revenue and loan settlements in the December half. read more
New property price index predicts an orderly correction 26 February 2016 4:36PM CoreLogic and Moody's Analytics have joined forces to produce an Australian residential property forecasting index. read more