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Asgard to launch alternatives to cash

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... remained strong despite the troubles of Opes Prime and Lift Capital. "As an indication of client appetite, in our margin lending business, year to date we've had more accounts opened than we had this time last year," said Lloyd. These announcements follow ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... to discard the losing shares in their share portfolio each year without having to make further payments. "The protected lending space last year was about $2 billion, and a lot of that was in protected loans. What we've been able to bring to market now ...

Bravura becomes a prime buy target

... director of operations Simon Woodfull (10.23 per cent). On a separate statement, both directors said they have margin lending accounts with Lift Capital and are trying to ascertain the ownership and control of those shares after McGrathNicol was called ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... the subject of the RBA as lender of last resort. Also this morning, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases lending finance data for February. The Australian share market closed awash in red yesterday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 96.9 ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... issue is that if choice, buyer beware, and reading the fineprint applies to bank mortgages, why doesn't it apply to margin lending?

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... programs. It has increased the dollar size of existing programs. It has broadened the list of collateral eligible for its lending. In one program, it decided to give favorable lending terms not just on the best investment grade bonds, but also on securities ...

Anderson to head CFS corporate super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... corporate superannuation. Anderson will replace John Clothier who has moved on to take up the position of head of investment lending within the Colonial Geared Investments division. He was previously the head of business development, dealer groups at ...

JV eases Opes Prime woes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... Cube Financial. In other news, Finder Resources has acknowledged some of its shares were held under Opes Prime margin lending facilities, and as a result of selling those shares, the firm's share price had fallen over the last week.

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... 24bp lower before the minor rally mid March. Short-lived optimism following the unveiling of the Fed's Term Securities Lending Facility program (TSLF) drove yields 17bp higher to 3.42 per cent - a yield not seen since the disinflation scare of 2003. ...

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... product development. The company is considering new product options in general insurance, health insurance and personal lending. Wakeley said he expected Virgin Money to have new product in the market this year.