Oz looks to MBS

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AUSTRALIA - The federal government had been urged by the Australian Securities Forum (ASF) to enhance the country's mortgage backed securities (MBS) market and encourage superannuation fund investment in the field.

The ASF called for measures to assist liquidity in the domestic residential MBS market which it considered to be 'virtually frozen' and reduce the average home loan cost to borrowers. Greg Medcr...

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