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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract rose 55 points to 6,359. Today, the ABS will release March lending finance data and Lend Lease will release third quarter sales results. In share market news, Telstra Corp boss, Sol Trujillo ...

Opes Prime launches First IT platform

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... industry first IT platform, appropriately called Opes Prime First, to provide a total online service for its securities lending and equity financing clients. The multi-market, multi-currency system, developed using Oracle's BPEL Process Manager technology ...

Adelaide leverages a five-star rating

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
Adelaide Bank's Leveraged Equities margin lending product has been awarded a five-star rating by CANNEX, putting it in a group of only four other margin lending products awarded a "superior value" rating by the agency. The award comes on top of a complete ...

Over Fifty Group ends commercial mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
Over Fifty Group has announced it is ceasing its commercial mortgage lending business and related funds management activities. The closure of its mortgage lending unit follows the completion of a strategic business review, with the Over Fifty Group ...

Perpetual shifts gears for accumulators

... investors aged 35 to 50, launching two investment choice options that offer gearing without the hassles of traditional margin lending products. Scott Riedel, head of Perpetual Private Clients, said that the Geared Australian Growth Fund and the Geared ...

Online savings with Suncorp

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Suncorp yesterday launched its online Margin Trader tool, combining margin lending and share trading on one platform and potentially saving investors up to $6,000 a year thanks to online brokerage fee rebates. The first of its kind in Australia, Margin ...

BT Margin Lending booming

BT has recorded strong growth in its BT Margin Lending business, with total loans under administration now exceeding $4.2 billion. Chris Freeman, BT's head of wealth and wrap solutions, said the growth was being driven by a number of factors. "Our growth ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... limit up to 30 June, allows SMSF's access to over 750 securities, including listed shares and unlisted managed funds. The lending facility only requires an upfront investment of 50 per cent of the market value of the securities. "One of the key benefits ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after oil prices rose and a General Motors executive said the crisis in US mortgage lending hurt US auto sales this month, stirring concerns of an even wider economic impact. Shares of Dow component General Motors ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... pharmacy group Alliance Boots, further possible merger activity in the European banking sector and stronger US stocks all lending support. The FTSE 100 closed up 46.2 points at 6,486.8, ending a three-day losing streak to give a weekly gain of 24.4 points. ...