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Poor transparency not operations caused sub-prime: Moss

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Bad transparency rather than bad lending products per se is what disrupted credit markets over the last three months, according to Macquarie Group managing director Allan Moss. "Transparency has been the key issue that has unsettled credit markets over ...

Centric Wealth appoints new directors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... more than $5.9 billion in assets under advice providing financial planning, risk insurance, corporate benefit service, lending, and accounting services through its 69 advisers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its statement on monetary policy and the Australian Bureau of Statistics lending finance data for September is due out. In equities, Orica Ltd full year results will be released and Adelaide Bank shareholders ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... Cisco's corporate customers are expected to further slash networking budgets as they deal with the fall-out from sub-prime lending and a slow down in construction. According to a Bloomberg report, the mortgage fall-out has seen General Motors report ...

Macq launches retail fusion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... have the whole initial amount protected at maturity. Peter van der Westhuyzen, division director at Macquarie Investment Lending, said the fund provided an opportunity for retail investors to have a greater weighting to the emerging markets in Asia within ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... reports it may soon break into the phone market. Stocks initially declined, then rose after the Fed lowered its benchmark lending rate by a 1/4 percentage point to 4.50 per cent, as expected. Even though the central bank signalled more rate cuts are ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... Advantage has renewed its call for the Federal Government to broaden its credit reform measures to create a more responsible lending environment for Australians.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... also set on October 11. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will cut benchmark lending rates this week and that soaring commodity prices will boost profits of metal and energy producers. The Dow Jones industrial ...

ANZ reports $4.18bn profit

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... Stadium Australia. The headline result included a gain on the sale of Fleetpartners and a number of other non-core items. Lending growth (13 per cent) and customer deposit growth (17 per cent) were both strong, particularly in the institutional side ...

Frontier finds gold in sub-prime muck

... the summit's panelists, said that what the credit contagion has done is force the industry to re-assess credit ratings, lending standards and practices, particularly after UK finance institution Northern Rock got into trouble. "The ratings system is ...