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Angry bankers set for showdown .

May 31, 2017

Angry bankers set for showdown with Treasury officials over $6.2 billion levy MALCOLM Turnbull and Scott Morrison are standing by a plan to cut Australia’s corporate tax rate despite today revealing it will cost the government $65 billion over 10 years. Labor has seized on the figure which was previously slated to be $50 billion […]

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Banks accused of ‘regulatory manipulation’ with Sedgwick review!

May 23, 2017

Banks accused of ‘regulatory manipulation’ with Sedgwick review! Stephen Sedgwick is not qualified to make any recommendations about broker remuneration, argues the head of an industry association, who has slammed the review for not consulting the third-party channel. Speaking to The Adviser, the FBAA’s Peter White said the release of the ABA-funded Sedgwick review is […]

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HomeSectionsMarket talk Submit Lowest interest rate not biggest reason consumers use brokers

May 18, 2017

MPA Consumers on Brokers surveys suggest ASIC’s criticism that brokers don’t provide better interest rates may be misplaced ‘Help with the application’ is the biggest reason consumers use brokers, MPA’s 2017 Consumers on Brokers report has revealed.  The survey showed that lowest interest rates were only the third biggest reason for consumers to use a […]

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Controversial US ‘rent-bidding’ start-up Rentberry to launch in Australia, tenant unions slam the idea

May 4, 2017

Rentberry caused a stir when it launched in the US last year, with criticism that the app would drive prices up further, especially in expensive markets such as San Francisco. A controversial Silicon Valley start-up that lets tenants bid against each other for rental properties will launch in Australia this year, amid fears it will jack Aussie rents up higher. Alex Lubinsky, co-founder of the San […]

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Survey finds Australian borrowers could not make home loan repayments if they fell seriously ill

April 29, 2017

Survey finds Australian borrowers could not make home loan repayments if they fell seriously ill. NEARLY half of Australian mortgages are worried about what being diagnosed with a serious illness would mean for their repayments, with some claiming to be incapable of servicing their home loans for even one month if they became seriously ill, […]

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