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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... yen, which helps Japanese exporters. The People's Bank of China said on Tuesday it was raising the one-year deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points each, taking them to 3.0 per cent and 6.06 per cent respectively. China's central bank also fixed ...

Bank lends aid to fin planning businesses

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... financial planning industry left by its rivals that have withdrawn from the market. Commonwealth Bank's decision to cease lending to financial planning businesses late last year left many clients unable to extend loan facilities and raise new cash to ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... companies." Have no cash, tap credit. The Fed's quarterly survey of senior loan officers (released at the end of January) showed lending standards and terms for commercial and industrial loans in the last quarter of 2010. It also showed 80 per cent of ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... Europe seeks higher yields. This is creating problems in other parts of the world but in Asia it's leading to a pick up in lending," he said. Banks in Asia, however, have plenty of spare capacity to lend which results in much of the borrowings ending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... December. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases data on new motor vehicles sales in December, and figures on lending finance in November. There is no equities news scheduled on Monday. On Friday, the Australian stock market had a modestly ...

Fiducian updates FORCe software

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... sensitivity analysis module stress test ensuring that planners stay within dealer group boundaries of gearing through margin lending. The software examines what choices are available to clients, the consequences of poor markets, interest rate changes ...

Perpetual raises $170 million for mortgage fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... commercial property sector in the past year has been cut by almost $21 billion, which is approximately 40 per cent of total lending to the sector, and financing from alternative sources such as foreign banks and second tier lenders is also disappearing," ...

Covered bond conundrum

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... Scobie, head of credit at Queensland Investment Corporation, welcomed the initiative but noted that, as a form of secured lending, covered bonds were likely to price inside unsecured debt and therefore offer lower yields than current bank paper. He said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... Bank of Australia (RBA) issues credit/debit card data for October, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance data, also for October. In equities news, in Sydney, the Senate Economics References Committee opens its inquiry ...