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Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Investment Trends December 2011 Margin Lending Financial Planner Report has revealed 83% of respondents named market conditions as the biggest barrier to margin lending among financial planners. Volatility levels attracted 49% of the vote with higher ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... 2007-2013 budget will be redirected towards job creation, especially among the young, and will commit to freeing up bank lending to small- and medium-sized companies." Even that scholar of the Great Depression realised this. In his testimony before the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... releases housing finance data for December while the Reserve Bank of Australia releases figures on credit and debit card lending for December. In equities news, Leighton Holdings and JB Hi-Fi post first half results, while Singapore Telecommunications ...

Zurich adds to WA Investments team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... rejoined CFS three years ago in their Core Equities and Colonial Geared Investments (CGI) business focusing on margin lending. "Zurich is committed to providing advisers with the on-the-ground support they need in the region," said Kristine Wade, Head ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... 2007-2013 budget will be redirected towards job creation, especially among the young, and will commit to freeing up bank lending to small- and medium-sized companies." For moi, this is the best piece of news so far - the realisation that the Eurozone ...

Agile, flexible portfolios big winners for instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... order to grasp opportunities and exploit valuation anomalies," White said. The diminishing role of banks in the global lending arena and the changing status of sovereign bond investments may also weigh heavily on the move to agile planning options and ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... money market rates down to 5.98% from 8.18% -- and "is allowing the nation's five biggest banks to increase first-quarter lending and weighing a plan to relax capital requirements" (Bloomberg). This is why every bit of good news serves to provide a positive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... cent, while news that Greece's debt talks are progressing and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to boost its lending firepower for Europe buoyed risk appetite. News that closely watched investment bank Goldman Sachs was the first financial ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... aware of these. And they're taking action. Just last night for instance, the IMF was reported to be looking to boost its lending resource to US$500 billion just in case (Europe worsens). The cynical view is, "does it know something we still don't?" The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... futures contract was up nine points at 4,137. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releses its lending finance for November and the Australian industry Group/Deloitte releases its national CEO report on business investment ...