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The number of investors operating margin loan accounts has not moved from the ten-year low recorded at the end of last year. read more

Macquarie Group has completed its second issue of asset-backed securities for the year, raising A$900 million of funds to add to the $755 million it raised in March. read more

The image of mortgage brokers as salesmen keen to attract price-sensitive borrowers and churn them as often as possible is out of date, according to research by Ernst & Young. read more

Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Bankwest has imposed a loan-to-valuation ratio cap of 80 per cent on investor mortgages, as it tightens its lending standards to meet regulatory pressure to limit the grow.. read more

Information services company SAI Global hopes to turn the complexities of the Personal Property Securities Register to its advantage, with a new reporting service that packages PPSR data in a manageab.. read more

The payments industry has urged the Reserve Bank not to reduce the level of regulated interchange fees for credit and debit cards but has conceded that the rules could be tightened to improve transpar.. read more

Comparison site Mozo has found big differences in fees and charges involved in making international money transfers, with the big local banks consistently charging more than specialist providers. read more

More than 90 per cent of borrowers who used a broker to find a mortgage were "very" or "fairly" satisfied with the experience, according to a new survey. read more

National Australia Bank's white label mortgage business, Advantedge, has started offering different rates for owner-occupiers and investors, with owner-occupiers receiving a bigger discount to the sta.. read more

A 12-month investment in the digitisation of its operations came to fruition earlier this month when the Financial Services Institute of Australia launched a new member portal that will deliver the In.. read more