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Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... eurozone. As 'The Economist' eloquently puts it, "The reduction in interest rates [for Greece] means that Italy and Spain are lending money to Greece for less than they can borrow. But they calculate that, in the long run, stabilising the euro zone is ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

CommSec consolidates adviser services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... our products and better support our clients," commented Stephen Karpin, executive general manager equities and margin lending. "Whilst we already have great functionality available, this next step in our evolution will allow us to continue to enhance ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... index futures contract was up five points at 4,462. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts lending finance figures for September and National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey for October. In equities ...

Strong growth in securities lending: J.P. Morgan

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
A new surge of pension funds and institutional investors are showing interest in securities lending, said Paul Wilson, global head of client management & sales for trading services J.P. Morgan. Today's macro economic climate has left investors looking ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... but the RBA still has a duty to keep the economy ticking along. "Having people save in the bank when the bank's aren't lending to businesses is not good for economy," he said. "But putting money to work in the stock market is better for the future of ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... Stressed assets have also fallen to 2.17% of the bank's book from 2.26%, cash earnings are up 14% on the year before, lending is up 4% and efficiency savings of $238 million suggest the bank is in better organisational shape. On virtually every economic ...

Huge opportunity is higher risk recovery stocks: Southeastern

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... strong competitive positions purchased at deeply discounted prices will produce returns far superior to those achieved from lending," he said, on a visit to Australia and New Zealand. "Southeastern has recently been able to purchase high quality companies ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... be updating investors on the direction of this business next month." Some quarters have criticised the bank's mortgage lending arm for not passing Reserve Bank rate cuts onto the consumer. However, Smith dismissed the comments saying that ANZ had a duty ...