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US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... confidence in Dexia that lead to the need for taxpayer-funded bail-out of the French-Belgium bank Dexia. Dexia specialised in lending money to local government authorities. The $A6 billion purchase of Dexia comes just three years after the Belgium government ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... European Stability Mechanism - from July 2013 to July next year. And, if they pull this one off, they might even get a lending hand bonus from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sounds like a plan. The bad news - the problem has been kicked down ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... contract was up 46 points at 4,266 points. In local economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance for August and new motor vehicle sales for September. In company news, Ansell is due to hold its annual general ...

La Trobe earns mortgage ratings boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... and decreasing the size of each. Zenith described the PMO as having "robust" credit assessment processes, "stringent" lending criteria and impressive risk/return balance. At the end of August 2011, La Trobe's PMO had almost $120 million in funds under ...

ANZ Wealth appoints head of advice delivery

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... reporting to Paul Barrett, general manager advice and distribution. ANZ Wealth comprises OnePath, E*TRADE, Investment Lending, Financial Planning and ANZ's Private Bank.

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... With 523 'jawohls' to 85 'neins' and three abstentions, Germany's Bundestag approved the 21 July plan to increase the lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to a,-440 billion and give it new powers to purchase sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... eurozone states to use a beefed-up EFSF to relieve it of its reluctant interventions in secondary bond markets to ease lending rates to under-pressure eurozone states. HONG KONG - Asia-Pacific stock markets extended a global rally after the world's most ...

Perpetual shuts $1bn mortgage funds to focus on income

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... of mortgage funds, which have around $1 billion in funds under management, turning its attention to commercial mortgage lending and a secured private debt series for retail investors. As of September 17, Perpetual will no longer accept applications for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... index futures contract was down 70 points at 4,106. In economic news on the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance data for July and international trade in goods and services, also for July. In equities news, Platinum Australia ...

Plan B names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... balance with a nation-wide footprint," Black said. Prior to Skandia, Black was general manager private bank, investment lending and direct shares of St George Bank.