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Mortgage funds redux

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... have better loan books and better returns for investors. "Over the last seven months, while the lenders haven't done any lending, we've had a red hot go at reviewing our fund," he said. For example, as minimum requirements on commercial loans on the ...

Mortgage fund managers review their options

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... introduction of the guarantee last year and funds were forced to freeze or limit redemptions, stop taking new money and stop new lending. Perpetual chief executive David Deverall said his group's $2 billion Monthly Income Fund, which is meeting redemptions ...

Hillross selects Macq platform

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... listed securities, term deposits and insurance. The platform also includes the Macquarie Cash Management Trust and margin lending services The platform joins AMP, Asgard and a number of other platform providers on the Hillross suite. John McMurdo, managing ...

J.P. Morgan extends link with ACC

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... investment portfolio last year. Besides providing custody and administration services, J.P. Morgan will also deliver direct lending, compliance reporting and transaction capture services. Combining both the services with the one custodian should provide ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... 10 working Australians believe that their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions should be raised to 15 per cent, lending support to industry associations that have long lobbied for higher SG. Mercer's SG Opinion Poll of 1,000 working Australians ...

Mixed reaction on shorting ban lift

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... much lower than what they were, so I think it's a pretty sensible time to... make the change." The Australian Securities Lending Association also applauded the lifting of the ban, stating that the move will put Australia back at a "level playing field" ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... these, the US Federal Reserve would continue to accept new forms of securities as collateral for its Term Asset-backed Lending Facility (TALF). However, the flipside of all these billion dollars worth of acronyms - PPIP, TARP, TALF - is a decline in ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... the adjustable rate home loans are tied to the Libor rate plus a few percentage points. Interest rates on other forms of lending - business and home equity lines of credit, small business loans and student loans - are also based on Libor. This came about ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... one truly expects US consumers to be splurging in a hurry anyway. Not with rising joblessness, reduced wealth, tighter lending standards and still falling house prices. And speaking of house prices, a report on foreclosure filings released last night ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... index contract was 86 points lower at 3,754. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data for March. The Melbourne Institute Survey of consumer inflationary expectations for May is due. In company news ...