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PMI expects housing market to turn
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31 January 2005 12:00amBy contrast, Donald Lofe, the executive vice president and chief financial officer for PMI Group, in a separate investor briefing hosted at the end of last week by Citigroup, said that the loss ratio in PMI's mortgage insurance operations in Australia and New Zealand was between one per cent and two per cent. » read more »
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Suncorp starts to sort out banking
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31 January 2005 12:00amSuncorp Metway's management left some mystery in Friday's announcement via the stock exchange that it expected the profit from the group's banking division to be approximately 20 per cent higher for the December 2004 half year, compared with the December 2003 half year. » read more »
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Heritage winds back in mortgage market
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31 January 2005 12:00amHeritage Building Society changed tack during the second half of the 2004 calendar year, with the rate of growth in the bank's assets under management falling below system growth rates, and well below the rates of growth in business recorded during the boom in 2002 and 2003. » read more »
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Low doc loan estimates slippery
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31 January 2005 12:00amLow documentation lending is a fast growing segment of the home loan market in Australia, but how large this segment is and how fast it is growing remains pretty unclear. » read more »
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Commonwealth Bank shuffles retail chiefs
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31 January 2005 12:00amCommonwealth Bank has unified management responsibility for mortgages with the remainder of consumer credit, in the wake of the decision by the head of cards and consumer finance, Stephen Morrow, to take time out from the industry. » read more »
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Pepper PLAN's commission sweetener
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25 January 2005 12:00amNon-conforming lender Pepper Home Loans will sweeten the up-front commission paid to select introducers, with the commission to increase to 1.9 per cent from 1.5 per cent with effect from the beginning of February. » read more »
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Bendigo coy on community bank returns
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25 January 2005 12:00amBendigo Bank doesn't publish any detailed trading information on its community bank network, but rather bundles the results with the overall performance of the retail bank, and just highlights a few aggregate numbers. Those that suit the publicity agenda include: » read more »
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A window into Bendigo's community banks
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25 January 2005 12:00amThis newsletter is a long standing sceptic of the business case from the point of view of investors in the franchises of the "community bank" network being rolled out by Bendigo Bank, usually to much acclaim. » read more »
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Warburton pays steady dividend
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25 January 2005 12:00amWarburton Community Financial Services Limited operates one of the first community bank branches opened by Bendigo Bank; is making a substantial profit and paying steady dividends. » read more »
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Lang Lang targets suburban growth corridor
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25 January 2005 12:00amCommunity Financial Services Victoria Limited was another of the earlybirds in the Bendigo Bank franchise network. Initially opening in Lang Lang in South Gippsland in Victoria, this company now operates franchised bank branches in four more localities: Pearcedale, Koo Wee Rup and the newest branch in Narre Warren South, on Melbourne's fast growing south eastern corridor adjacent to the Princes Freeway. » read more »
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Bendigo rediscovers Logan City
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25 January 2005 12:00amLogan Community Financial Services, based in Brisbane's southern suburbs, is a variant on the Bendigo Bank community bank franchise model. » read more »
