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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... raise the amount of money banks must keep in reserve for the fourth time this year -- its latest move aimed at cooling lending and taming prices. In other markets, Singapore closed down 0.28 per cent, Taipei ended flat, Manila gained 0.41 per cent, Kuala ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... inflation would set the markets abuzz with speculation of more tightening moves from Beijing. And if the latest Chinese lending figures are any guide, the market could be in for a nasty surprise. Despite lifting the reserve requirement and interest rates ...

La Trobe buys super specialists IE Group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... billion in assets under management and is very active in the Australian residential mortgage sector, both through its lending arm and through its Pooled Australian Mortgages Fund. IE Group provides IT solutions for superannuation funds, helping those ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... high cost of borrowing for property investments does remain a barrier, according to Hession. "Bank margins for property lending are still over 200bp, which seems excessive. We're at the bottom of the market, people have got gearing down to 40-50% and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... points, on volume of 2,806 contracts. In economics news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics was due to publish lending finance data for February at 1130 AEST. In companies news, Westpac Banking Corporation chief executive Gail Kelly was scheduled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... the economy faced "strong downward pressure" due to the quake-tsunami, and unveiled a one trillion yen ($11.7 billion) lending program. It left its key rate unchanged at between zero and 0.1 per cent. In other markets, Singapore was flat, Taipei rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... awaiting the Bank of England's latest monetary policy decision due on Thursday, but most expect the BoE to keep its key lending rate at a record-low 0.50 per cent as weak growth offsets concerns over soaring inflation. The European Central Bank, meanwhile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... federal spending levels. Stocks had edged lower in early trading, following most world markets, after China raised a key lending rate and the rating agency Moody's lowered Portugal's credit rating. A survey from the Institute for Supply Management reported ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... central bank just announced the fourth interest rate hike in less than six months. The PBOC lifted the benchmark one-year lending rate by 25 bps to 6.31 percent yesterday. Japan's the only RBA worry. Still, Japan would only have a "limited" impact on ...

Banks loss is super fund gain: IFM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... were flowing to infrastructure debt as trustees see a major disruption in the debt market. "Banks are withdrawing their lending to that sector, providing opportunities for investors like super funds and indeed IFM to get really attractive risk-adjusted ...