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State Street names new head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... Sydney. He will be responsible for all the firm's multi-asset class trading businesses, electronic trading, securities lending and a number of investor services including custody, tax and analytical services. "Ian helped establish State Street in Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... index contract was one point lower at 4264. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data for June. The National Australia Bank monthly business survey for July is due out and the Manpower-Melbourne Institute ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... accounting (banking) at Macquarie, says while the first half of the year was fairly quiet for acquisitions, the firm's lending had gone up in the second half as adviser firms embark on a buying spree. "The first part of the year was pretty quiet... there ...

CFD demand rises with equities recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... starting to be integrated into other more familiar products. "it is increasingly overlapping with the more traditional margin lending market, with one in five margin lending clients now using CFDs as well, and 77 per cent of CFD traders also have an ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... greener than green shoots sighted in the housing market. Wall Street rejoiced. Yes, Virginia. Remember housing and how lending to NINJAs (No Income. No Jobs and Assets) jumpstarted the mess that is the global financial crisis? It's now showing signs ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... markets. The head of property research at ANZ, Paul Braddick said another important factor is that reasonably conservative lending practices in Australia meant there has been no US-style housing collapse. The market is moving back up off a solid base. ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... was the manager of investment operations at AMP Life, where he was responsible for business risk management, securities lending programs, product rationalisations, transitions, and the monitoring of AMP's unit pricing risk management framework. Prior ...

ASIC charts margin lending requirements

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... released two proposals on the training conditions for financial advisers and requirements for firms dealing in margin lending products. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released the Consultation Paper 108 Margin lending: training ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... index contract was three points higher at 3,754. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data for May. In equities, WHL Energy Ltd, Hot Rock Ltd, Mutiny Gold Ltd, Peninsula Minerals Ltd and Tianshan Goldfields ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... people who have done the same. Revenge of the homeowners. Banks are getting their comeuppance. They have made money on lending to people they know have no way of repaying and even more money by securitising these loans. Homeowners are getting their own ...