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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 ...

J.P. Morgan makes fresh moves in sec lending

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Superannuation funds access to securities lending enters a new stage with the launch of the J.P. Morgan first Australian Tri-Party Securities Lending transaction. Tri-party securities collateral management will allow more lenders to accept non-cash ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... something is about to go wrong. According to Bloomberg, "China's biggest banks are poised to hit government-set caps on lending and plan to stop expanding their loan books to avoid exceeding the annual quotas..." Less lending (plus other tightening policies) ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... back to its target of three per cent. And if you think it's not serious, the PBOC already increased both its benchmark lending and deposit rates by 25 basis points each to 5.6 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively only last month. But haven't we walked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... contract was 19 points lower at 4,689 points. In economics news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance data for September. The ABS is also set to release sales of new motor vehicles for October. In equities, the ...

ASIC sharpens focus on margin lending

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... than two years after the Opes Prime and Tricom debacles hurt retail investors, ASIC has put the spotlight back on margin lending again. The regulator issued guidance yesterday, which it hopes will improve protections for retail clients through better ...

ACSA appoints new chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... financial services providers licensing, taxation legislation and regulatory changes affecting short selling and securities lending while Cutts said that investment infrastructure reform will be of particular focus going forward. "As a community of custodians ...

Blackshaw appointed QLD/WA head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... St.George Private Client's strategy to provide holistic support across all our clients' financial needs, including banking, lending, wealth, insurance, taxation and estate planning," said Rebecca Lim, general manager St.George Private Clients. Blackshaw's ...