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Syndicated loan market contracts by half

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Syndicated lending by Australian banks fell by around half during the March 2008 quarter, in one measure of the restricted availability of corporate credit since the global credit crunch emerged in mid 2007. The Bank for International Settlements estimated ...

JPMorgan joins debt platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
JPMorgan joins top financial institutions ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Citi, and Macquarie Bank on the Yieldbroker online debt trading platform. Yieldbroker is a cooperatively owned venture between members that allows institutional investors to view up ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Slowing world growth, a collapsing US dollar and a still very nervous global credit market won't slow down world capital flows but rather increase them, said McKinsey in its latest newsletter. "Amid the turmoil, it's easy to forget that long-term structural ...

Securitised assets get RAMmed

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Just as RAMS Home Loans Group chairman announced the home lender was no longer a going concern, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released new figures confirming that securitised asset levels in Australia are contracting on the back of the ...

Australia is Asia's biggest investment market

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
As Australia re-launches its financial services export drive, it's worth reminding ourselves where we sit in the world's pecking order. With this in mind, the latest Benchmark Report from InvestAustralia makes for very encouraging reading notwithstanding ...

Sub-primes breach Macquarie Fortress

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
Macquarie Fortress Investments, an ASX-listed investor in senior debt securities of US companies, said the value of its loan portfolio fell by 4 per cent during July from June. While Fortress invests in senior debt only, the rise in credit spreads has ...

Basis Capital suspends yield fund

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
Local hedge fund manager Basis Capital yesterday suspended redemptions from its $1 billion Basis Yield Fund. The fund manager wrote to investors saying that disruption to the global structured credit market had created difficulties for the fund and ...

Macq BRIC fund approved by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
The Macquarie - Globalis BRIC Advantage Fund (Unhedged) has been assigned an 'approved' rating from Zenith. According to David Wright, director, Zenith Investment Partners, the Macquarie fund, managed by Globalis Investments, differentiates itself by ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Snowy Hydro's senior unsecured rating to A3, up from Baa1, in a rating review that commenced when Snowy Hydro first announced plans to conduct its now abandoned IPO. Moody's said Snowy Hydro's baseline credit analysis ...

Absolute Capital's Yield Strategies Fund wins rating

Absolute Capital Limited's (Absolute Capital's) flagship Yield Strategies Fund has been given a "Recommended" rating by independent research group Lonsec Limited (Lonsec). The boutique structured credit manager's managing director and chief investment ...