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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, with Wall Street and base metals in London offering negative leads on Friday, and the SPI futures index in Sydney down slightly. At 0752 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share ...

Bluestone repositions reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Bluestone Group will stop distributing reverse mortgages through brokers and financial planners and will focus its activities on distribution through alliance partners. Bluestone chief executive Peter McGuinness said the group had alliances with Westpac ...

Brokers accreditation mandatory: Bluestone

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Reverse mortgage brokers dealing with Bluestone Equity Release will be given until the end of April to get their SEQUAL accreditation up to speed, according to the specialist lender. All new and existing brokers distributing Bluestone reverse mortgage ...

Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Bluestone Group is the latest lender to make big cuts in its lending program in the face of increasingly risk-averse global debt markets. Bluestone, a specialist supplier of non-conforming loans, told staff and business partners yesterday that it would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today as Wall Street gained ground on Friday. Base metal prices were mostly weaker in London, however, which could cap gains. At 0745 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon, weighed down by the financial sector after ANZ Banking revealed larger than expected provisioning for bad corporate debts. US equity markets were mixed following a low outcome for a consumer sentiment survey. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today, buoyed by Wall Street. Metals were mixed, offering no clear lead, and a sharp slide in crude oil prices lessened worries about higher energy costs. At 0810 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Lending practices lack clarity

Should non-conforming lenders conform? A parliamentary inquiry into mortgage lending practices has prompted leading accounting firm Deloitte to call for more transparency and disclosure in the lending industry. Amid a housing market spooked by the US ...

BT appoints new CFO and replaces multi-strategies head

BT Financial Group has appointed a new chief financial officer and head of multi-strategies ahead of the partial float of its funds management arm. Earle MacGregor is the new chief financial officer while Robert Swift is the new head of multi-strategies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
Australian stocks were firmer at noon, after the US Federal Reserve's market intervention last Friday gave impetus to the local bourse. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had climbed 196 points to 5867 and the All Ordinaries gained 194.5 points ...