Today Ballast celebrates 20 years of business!
On the 24th of May 1996 Ballast started as a small finance business in Perth. In the past 20 years we have grown to incorporate a range of financial services Read More…
Family pledges – a means of assisting young first home buyers into property
One of the biggest challenges for young people wanting to buy their own home, is saving sufficient funds for a deposit. It can take years and sometimes be a real Read More…
RBA ends year staying at 2%
The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its final interest rate decision of the year, keeping the cash rate at 2 per cent. It is thought that the RBA is Read More…
No change to interest rate
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep the official cash rate at 2 per cent. This was the RBA’s first meeting since all four major banks raised their Read More…
Cash rate unchanged at 2.0 per cent
After its meeting today the Reserve Bank of Australia has once again left interest rates unchanged at 2.0 per cent. This was in-line with what many had predicted. For more information Read More…
Interest Rates – Still on Hold
The Reserve Bank of Australia has once again decided to keep interest rates at two per cent. It looks like they are still waiting to see the results of past cuts. Read More…
RBA keeps rates at 2%
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the cash rate at its record low of 2 per cent. This is in line with what was predicted by all Read More…
Setting up an SMSF: it makes you create a plan
One of the good things about Self Managed Superannuation Funds is that a routine part of establishing a fund is that there has to be a written investment strategy. In Read More…
RBA makes interest rate decision
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the result of its monthly board meeting. The official cash rate has been left at a record-low 2.00 per cent, as most experts had Read More…
Regulator told to be alert, not alarmed
APRA is slowly increasing pressure on Australia’s banks despite an industry view that lending standards are sound. The prudential regulator’s chairman, Wayne Byres, warned last week that “the current economic Read More…