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Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... crisis, the Asian financial crisis, the emerging markets debt crisis and the tech boom, were characterised by excessive lending. Macfarlane said that, while the short-term goal was to get the financial markets working again, the longer-term goal was ...

Vianova weathers financial crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... makers. "Our mortgage income fund is currently producing an income return for investors of 7.4 per cent per annum and our lending managers report that they are currently able to write loans at higher returns with lower risk than they have for many years," ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... means by which the Fed could influence financial conditions through the use of its balance sheet, beyond expanding our lending to financial institutions.' Among these, he contemplates Fed purchases of longer-term Treasury or agency securities on the ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Eurozone, China, Russia and South Africa are shrinking. More will follow. Ghost of Christmas Past. Low interest rates and lax lending standards encouraged banks/financial institutions to lend vast sums of money to people who can't even afford canned ...

Nominations open for inaugural ACSA awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... reporting, portfolio analysis and performance measurement, together with services such as foreign exchange and securities lending. ACSA said nominations should be made through the official ACSA Awards entry form which can be found on the ACSA website ...

If in doubt, stop securities lending: WW

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Watson Wyatt Australia is advising its clients to suspend securities lending activity if they are in any doubt of their guidelines and arrangements with their lending agent. In a note to clients, the firm asserts that the risk reward trade off around ...

Time to acknowledge the best: HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... boosting the profit of their investments and focus on retaining members through super choice, HESTA is an example of a fund lending its support to members and the industry it is aligned with. Building and construction industry focused CBUS is another ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... Cure will come when the financial system is finally rid off its toxins - the deadly cocktail of excessive leverage, lax lending standards and investment in incomprehensible structured investments. The global recession will take care of this. It is too ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... Bond and money market spreads are wide. The money thrown by national governments and central banks are being hoarded. Lending restrictions are tight. Again, what capital? The same problems that afflict the economic factors of production are the same ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... You read it right. US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that TARP would no longer purchase toxic assets from lending institutions. Instead, the US Treasury will use the remainder of the bail-out money (about US$350 billion) on buying preferred ...