Premium funding a highlight for Centrepoint

Financial services group Centrepoint Alliance is in the throes of transforming of its loss-making PIS financial planning business, and this has overshadowed the company's strong performance in anoth.. read more

My ATM back in business

My ATM Holdings has released its first financial report since coming out of administration in June, but, as the report shows, it still has some work to do to re-establish a viable business. read more

Saines to leave CBA

Commonwealth Bank has lost the head of one its largest divisions, with the announcement yesterday that Ian Saines, group executive for institutional banking and markets, will leave the bank at the e.. read more

AFG reports strong property investor activity

The role of residential property investors in driving growth in the mortgage market was underlined by aggregator AFG yesterday, when it reported that investors accounted for 38.7 per cent of loans w.. read more

Cash Store Australia faces an uncertain future

Loss making short-term lender Cash Store Australia Holdings has reported that it is no longer able to raise funding, saying regulatory changes and its ongoing losses have impacted on its ability to.. read more

Small lenders under margin pressure

As the official cash rate goes lower and lower, and lenders are forced to operate on ever finer margins, a number of smaller lenders are feeling the pressure. Of the 78 mortgage lenders in the Info.. read more