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Government pumps $500m into Members Equity

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... confirmed the AOFM invested $500 million into its AAA- rated Super Members Home Loans (SMHL) Securitisation Fund Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS). MEB's chief financial officer Nicholas Vamvakas said the AOFM elected SMHL's A1 and A2 Bonds ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... issuance in Australia since mid August, when the Australian branch of Bank of Scotland issued A$525 million of two-year bonds. S&P assigned an 'A' rating to a proposed floating rate transferable deposit to be issued by the Sydney branch of Taiwan's Mega ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... particularly as many US banks hold preferred shares issued by the two GSEs. The Treasury will be allowed to buy mortgage bonds packaged by the agencies. The intention here is to ease the capital constraint on the GSEs, which should allow them to once ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... focused on negative reports. Among them: JP Morgan announced that it has incurred at least US$1.5 billion of losses on mortgage-backed securities since July and this could still increase. It expects financial conditions to remain 'under stress'. UBS ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... collapsing and - without government intervention - consumers may be left at the mercy of the big banks as the only remaining mortgage lenders. "The RMBS market is dying on the vine," said Greg Medcraft, chief executive of the Australian Securitisation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... two things put a little bit of spring back in the market." Merrill Lynch yesterday moved to dump billions of dollars of mortgage debt and raise $US8.5 billion in new capital. Westpac Banking Corp rose 78 cents, or 3.86 per cent, to $20.99. ANZ found ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... brokerage firm that it had never regulated. It has lent large sums in a variety of programs against the collateral of mortgage-related bonds and other bonds that the private sector had found difficult to finance." BNY Mellon's assessment of the impacts ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... market venture that will give self-managed super funds (SMSF) members the chance to invest in property through their mortgage loans. ASX listed Firstfolio has partnered with specialist finance firm Calliva Group to launch the Calliva SuperAccess loan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... markets. The triple-A credit ratings of Ambac and rival MBIA have come under threat because of their exposure to risky mortgage bonds. That has forced banks to write down the value of holdings insured by the two companies. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Martin quits OFG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... day to day operations within the group. OFG provides insurance, investment bonds, property funds management and reverse mortgage services for the over 50s community. In November last year independent directors and the managing director of OFG urged shareholders ...