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La Trobe Financial prices $500m RMBS

The non-bank lender has completed its second RMBS transaction for 2020, with the underlying mortgage pool differing from the usual issuance.

La Trobe Financial prices $500m RMBS
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Proposed lending overhaul triggers backlash

Consumer groups have blasted the federal government’s proposal to remove responsible lending laws from the NCCP, claiming the move has “disaster written all over it”. 

Proposed lending overhaul triggers backlash
Government to axe responsible lending laws

The federal government has unveiled a plan to overhaul responsible lending laws by shifting from a “lender beware” model to a “borrower responsibility” model and stripping ASIC of its ...

Government to axe responsible lending laws
Lender employs PwC fraud prevention software

Symple Loans has partnered with PwC Australia to implement a solution to prevent loan application fraud.

Lender employs PwC fraud prevention software
Westpac agrees to pay historic $1.3bn penalty

The major bank has reached a settlement with AUSTRAC to pay a record $1.3 billion penalty for over 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.

Westpac agrees to pay historic $1.3bn penalty
Mutual lender announces $300m partnership with neo-lender

A mutual lender has signed a deal with a fintech lender to provide them with an initial $300 million in home loan funding.

Mutual lender announces $300m partnership with neo-lender
RBA rate cut imminent, say Westpac, NAB

The major banks’ senior economists are expecting the Reserve Bank to cut rates further by as soon as next month.

RBA rate cut imminent, say Westpac, NAB
Lender pauses lending to 90% LVR loans

A non-major lender has announced that it has temporarily ceased accepting new loan applications with loan-to-value ratios over 90 per cent as part of a move to clear a backlog of loans.

Lender pauses lending to 90% LVR loans
COVID’s impact on housing ‘benign’, says lender CIO

La Trobe Financial’s chief investment officer has suggested that while Australia is suffering from a “molasses” economy due to COVID-19, the impact on the housing market has been “benign”

COVID’s impact on housing ‘benign’, says lender CIO
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