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Virgin Money fined for misleading advertising

Virgin Money (Australia) Pty Limited has paid $30,600 in penalties after ASIC issued three infringement notices for misleading online and television advertising.

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Risk books a cash cow for businesses

Insurance books are attracting higher multiples than financial planning client books or loan books as brokers and advisers converge via acquisition.

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Big bonuses keep us competitive, says Barclays

Barclays insists the bank must pay more to prevent staff being poached by competitors despite a revolt by the bank’s largest shareholders against bigger bonuses.

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Banksia AFSL cancelled by ASIC

ASIC has cancelled Banksia Mortgages Limited's Australian financial services (AFS) licence.

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UK macroprudential tools 'untested': Standard Life

As the UK economy continues to gain strength, Standard Life Investments has warned the central bank against relying too heavily on the macroprudential channel.

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Pepper breaks into US sub-prime securities

Non-bank lender Pepper has issued Australia’s largest sub-prime RMBS transaction since the GFC and its first non-conforming placement in the US with joint lead managers CBA and NAB.

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Be more than responsible

The Reserve Bank has issued a couple of words of caution in recent weeks that should cause all of us mortgage brokers to pause for thought.

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Vertical integration strangling mortgage market

The major banks’ stranglehold on mortgage distribution is stifling competition and locking smaller lenders out of the market, according to Firstpoint director Troy Phillips.

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LVR limits killing off NZ market segments

New Zealand’s LVR restrictions are having a major impact on segments of the housing market, according to a local mortgage broker.

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Biggest banks to hold more capital: Yellen

United States Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has flagged the possibility of “the largest, most complex banking organisations” holding larger amounts of capital.

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