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Investors leave mortgage funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... funds and one high-yield mortgage fund. It found that a fund's performance is linked to its capacity to lend. It said the lending environment is less competitive than before the financial crisis, and that terms were more conservative and margins higher. ...

AXA real estate bullish on Japanese debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... said Frank Khoo, global head of Asia, AXA Real Estate. AXA Real Estate's in-house team based in Japan, supported by it lending specialists, will manage the vehicle. "With initial equity now in place, we hope to secure further commitments shortly from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... issues the minutes of its monetary policy meeting on May 3, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues figures on lending finance in March. In equities news, Qantas holds a media briefing on its frequent flyer program, Treasury Secretary Martin ...

Property managers stifled by lenders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... sentiment within the property sector has improved in the past twelve months, banks have been slow to soften their stance on lending with margins often still over 200bp, around four times where they were pre GFC. "There has been significant commentary ...

Equity and commodity alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... this year - that it' lifting its reserve requirement by 50 bps to 21 per cent effective 18 May. This is because strong lending and higher commodity prices continue to fan inflation at a rate of more than five per cent. Did you see the heavy selling in ...

Trust Company appoints MD for NZ

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... completed. Botica's former roles include general manager wealth at AXA New Zealand and senior roles in money market and lending, stock broking, product and platform management. "While we will maintain the Guardian Trust name in New Zealand, we are moving ...

NAB grows FUM despite tough times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... outperforming expectations. "Revenue synergies are also building momentum with Aviva's custody, cash management and margin lending arrangements now internalized within the NAB Group," the divisional review said. The combined entity is now one of the ...

Direct investors dump managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... 2008 and 2010. This ETF result however runs counter to the 50 per cent annual growth in ETF assets listed on the ASX, lending weight to the view that the flood of new ETFs is running ahead of demand. Another important result from the survey is that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... further increase amid climbing prices in the 17-nation eurozone. And the Bank of England was forecast to keep its key lending rate at a record low 0.50 percent amid flat economic growth. Elsewhere in Europe, Milan was off 0.37 percent, Madrid lost 0.48 ...

BNY Mellon upgrades asset servicing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... services to over 13,000 funds with a combined US$2 trillion in assets. It offers custody and fund services, securities lending, performance and analytics, and execution services to clients globally.