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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... too much time, and the Treasury would rely instead on buying stakes in banks and encouraging them to resume more normal lending. Paulson also announced a new goal for the program to support financial markets which supply consumer credit in such areas ...

Banks to reprioritise IT spending

THESHEET.COM WITH ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... to customer retention, not financial performance. "Obviously some people will always complain about fee structures but lending institutions can take heart from the fact more than 40 per cent of respondents to the survey were happy with their performance," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Sentiment for November. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour price index data for the September quarter and lending finance data for September. Secretary to the Treasury Dr Ken Henry addresses the National Press Club in Canberra. MasterCard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... faces a deep and long lasting recession as the global financial crisis saps growth. The Bank of England slashed its key lending rate by a record 1.5 percentage points to 3.0 per cent while the European Central Bank cut its main lending rate by half a ...