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Battling the bears

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, but The Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officers July Survey on Bank Lending Practices highlighted a tightening in lending standards. Ironically, on home lending it said, "banks indicated they had tightened ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... higher, led by Boeing and Apple, suggesting the market has stabilised after several days of high volatility on worsening lending conditions. Signs that tight credit markets may curb mergers and acquisitions capped stock prices, which have benefited from ...

Centric snaps up lending firm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Centric Wealth has acquired boutique lending and brokerage firm Kingsbridge & Eagle (K&E), expanding its lending division and taking it further down the path of a European-style private bank. K&E specialise in providing mortgages, commercial finance ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... Investors worried that fallout from the subprime problems would make credit conditions tighter in the corporate and mortgage lending markets, and would impact profits and the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.14 points, or 0.23 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... index was down 157 points to 5,994 on a volume of 5,180 contracts. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics Lending Finance data for June will be released. On the markets, Nick Scali Ltd and Reckson NY Property Trust yr profit will announce ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... 24 cents to $26.06. All the major banks announced this morning that they were reviewing the rates on their deposit and lending products, following today's rate rise by the Reserve Bank.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... left interest rates unchanged at a policy meeting, buoyed the market by reassuring investors that problems in mortgage lending and corporate finance would not drag the broader economy. Oil prices rose in a stabilising move after Monday's slide of 4.5 ...

Opes Prime challenges Macq

... demands more bells and whistles than you can poke a stick at. For example, the Opes Prime Wealth Platform offers securities lending and equities financing for both Australian and global equities, and a service facilitating the exercise of employee share ...

Fat Prophets enters SMA market

... or add to their accounts at any time with lump sums or through a contribution plan. They can use the company's margin lending facility if they want to increase their portfolio's gearing level. Fat Propets will offer two types of 'model portfolios' namely ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... cents, or 3.01 per cent, to $7.08. US equities ended lower overnight as investors remained sensitive to news of worsening lending conditions. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 146.32 points, or 1.10 per cent, to 13,211.99. For the month, the Dow ...