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De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... that its application index increased by 2 per cent in the week ending 1 May, up 43.7 per cent on the year. Mortgage refinancing rose by 1.2 per cent during the period and are up 127.3 per cent from a year ago. Lowered interest rates are impacting positively ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... was that it may lead to a profit warning coming through. "Also, they weren't able to give any guidance on their debt refinancing because it hadn't been done as yet."

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... brunt of the economic slowdown," Ms Spencer said. "We now have the combination of lower commodity prices and debt refinancing for a lot of resource companies, including Rio Tinto. "Any level of short term refinancing causes uncertainty, and investors ...

The end is nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... credit is available to mortgage holders. A separate meeting by European leaders promised to temporarily guarantee bank refinancing and a host of other measures in order to ease credit in the European Union. The measures include temporarily guaranteeing ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... funds have done, because they are in there for the short term, is factor all the upside into the pricing. There is no refinancing upside anymore, the CPI projections are always high, margin improvement is priced in. These guys never look at the downside. ...

Super funds back aircraft fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... matches the underlying leases in terms of currency, term and interest rates. Accordingly, the Fund is not exposed to refinancing risk." IGAF is managed by Investec Bank (Australia) Limited and utilises the resources of Investec's global aircraft financing ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... and is down by 19.6 percent over the year. Purchases fell by 6.7 percent in the month and are down 20.8 in the year. Refinancing fell by 5.6 percent and is down 17.7% for the year. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose by 37 basis points to its highest ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... Origin Energy gained 18 cents at $15.69. AGL Energy dipped five cents to $13.67 following news it completed its debt refinancing program, raising $550 million including over-subscriptions of $50 million. US equity markets had their largest one day gain ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... share market continued its run higher at noon, boosted by the financials after news that Babcock & Brown Power Ltd's refinancing of several million dollars of debt blew a fresh wave of confidence into the market. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... less likely now that mortgage spreads have contracted to June 2007 levels and we are seeing a pick up in mortgage refinancing. "We believe the chance of a prolonged US recession receded in April and that while there is an outside chance that another ...