International Business News - Money http://www.ibtimes.com.au/money/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com.au 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/ http://www.ibtimes.com.au/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Looking to double its broker network before the end of the year, Club Financial Services has announced the launch a new recruitment and training initiative - the Club Academy. 119817 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100322/academy-launch-signals-clubs-growth-plans.htm Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT (PRWEB) 20 March 2010 -Current reports reveal Australian consumers are clearly using debt much more sensibly than they were in the halcyon days before the GFC, wherein it took a gut-wrenched global financial crisis to do it. 119841 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/aussie-consumers-no-longer-put-consumptions-on-credit-cards.htm Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:31:36 GMT Petrol prices rises today to a 16-month high and analysts said that users of petrol should expect very little relief for the time being. 119792 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/petrol-price-escalate-no-relief-available-now.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:45:02 GMT In a result indicative of the market absorbing recent interest rate rises, Australasian property and real estate group Ray White has jumped its residential and commercial sales by 20% for February 2010. 119741 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/ray-white-sales-up-20.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT The Federal Reserve has cancelled its program of buying mortgage-backed securities in another sign that conditions in the US are stabilising enough that this pillar of support is no longer necessary 119762 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/us-federal-reserve-removes-housing-support.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Good Deeds, a Gold Coast mortgage manager, has committed itself to donating a portion of the trail on its loans to various charity organisations 119763 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/gold-coast-mortgage-manager-focuses-on-good-deeds.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT The Housing Industry Association released its inaugural \'Housing to 2020\' report, which finds that if current building trends persist, then Australia’s cumulated housing shortage would reach 466,000 dwellings by 2020 119764 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/hia-predicts-massive-housing-shortage-by-2020.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT BankWest has joined the growing number of lenders issuing residential mortgage-backed securities as a way to raise funds 119785 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/bankwest-to-tap-rmbs-market.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Petrol prices rises today to a 16-month high and analysts said that users of petrol should expect very little relief for the time being. 119796 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/petrol-price-escalate-no-relief-available-now.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:45:02 GMT The planned hike in toll fees by $1 or 30% to $3.85 for private cars and small trucks starting July 1 could forced a number of people out of work, said Queensland Council of Social Services (QCSS). 119745 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/toll-fee-rise-force-people-out-work.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:07:59 GMT Helping to make the transition as smooth as possible for its aligned mortgage brokers, Advantedge has announced new licensing options under the incoming National Consumer Credit Protection Act (NCCP) 119666 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/advantedge-unveils-licensing-models.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT Non-bank lender Future Financial is expecting a record year in 2010 as it looks to poach business from the majors who have recently began tightening their lending criteria 119701 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/future-financial-targets-bigbusiness-customers.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT The Reserve Bank has written a damning critique of how Australia determines its consumer price index (CPI) - a key driver of interest rates 119702 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/rba-wants-loan-data-taken-out-of-cpi.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT In an encouraging sign to watchers of the securitisation market, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have increased their RMBS issue from $650m to $1.1bn 119719 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/bendigo-increases-rmbs-issue.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Banking products and services designed specifically for brokers servicing the agribusiness sector have been put under the microscope in rural sector survey conducted recently by CANSTAR CANNEX. 119572 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/anz-wins-major-agri-award-again.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT ING Direct is targeting the 15% of mortgage holders with an offset account after the official launch of its Orange Advantage home loan earlier today 119635 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/ing-targets-offset-customers.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT In a blow for hopes that competition is making a strong return to the mortgage market, the mutual industry body Abacus has said that credit unions and building societies are being hurt as deposit competition squeezes their profit margins. 119636 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/blow-for-competition-as-mutuals-squeezed.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Having already posted record results for the six months to December 2009, the CBA has made its intentions known for much of the same in the year ahead by raising $US3.5 billion ($3.82 billion) in the first US dollar-denominated bond issue this year 119637 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/cba-in-first-us-dollar-based-bond-issue.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Home loans are expected to continue to climb as house prices are supported by a number of factors 119638 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100317/economist-saysnumber-of-factors-to-keep-loans-high.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT Bankwest has announced the appointment of Mark Reid as its head of Business and Private Banking. 119497 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100316/new-head-of-business-and-private-banking-at-bankwest.htm Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT