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Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... controls." Got that? Control. We don't have to go so far back to see how much control Wen's visible hand has. China's new bank lending increased to 919.8 billion yuan (US$144 billion) in June, up from 793.2 billion yuan in May, up from 681.8 in April ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Committee for Economic Development of Australia luncheon in Sydney and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance figures for May. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday finished higher after China ...

NAB launches margin loan product for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... enhance their exposure to growth sets using a gearing solution designed for them," said Adrian Hanley, head of NAB Equity Lending. Hanley said the NAB Super Lever is the first standard margin loan of its type and enables SMSF investors to test the concept ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... holders as and when they fall due," O'Sullivan said. Provident Capital offered fixed interest investments and mortgage lending products secured against a portfolio of non-conforming mortgages on Australian residential and commercial property. "The Court ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... The bank was fined AU$451 million by the UK Financial Services Authority last week following an investigation into bank lending rates. HSBC, RBS, UBS and Citigroup are also being investigated in connection to the alleged market manipulation that led ...

Buyer's market for planning businesses: Radar Results

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... pa to fund the acquisitions, said Radar Results founder John Birt. "Many banks today have moved back into this field of lending - the most prominent being ANZ, NAB and St George - allowing planners to expand with confidence, not having to borrow at the ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... from "the euro would implode" scare that - in the name of self-preservation -- froze consumers into spending, banks from lending, factories from stocking, businesses from investing& you get the picture. The renewed calm in Europe, and optimism that EU ...

Barclays fined $A451 million

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... executives at the bank would forego their annual bonuses this year. The breach was discovered after an investigation into lending rates (called Libor and Euribor) reported by banks in the United Kingdom. The Libor and Euribor rates are benchmark reference ...

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... strong signs that with the interest rate cut and, down the line, another cut to the reserve ratio to allow banks more lending into the market that should be able to rebound China's growth in second half this year." "China's aim is still around 7.5% which ...