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CMC hires ex-AMP FP head

... traction. "The use of leveraged products in the retail consumer market itself is becoming more mainstream. We just saw margin lending come from nowhere to a product that is widely used these days," said Nic Blakemore, the group's new head of distribution. ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

... management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services division has three legs - the global asset management business, the FirstChoice platform ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... defence, education and aged care. Following the news yesterday that the Chinese authorities haven increased the prime lending rate by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years, the currency has risen to its highest ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... 16,744.15. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 15.94 points to 18,953.50 amid concerns over the US subprime lending market despite Blue chips holding steady. WELLINGTON -The New Zealand sharemarket remained flat after investors in Asia and ...

Houses at half price

... owner-occupied properties versus between 20 to 25 per cent in previous years. But increasing mass awareness of another lending alternative, shared equity schemes, could reverse that trend. According to Genworth, 30 per cent of survey respondents said ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... 3.4 per cent in February confirming continued strength in the employment market. Australian Bureau of Statistics data on Lending Finance released yesterday shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a sharp increase in commercial finance of ...

BlackRock gets rolling with Citi

... and BlackRock SMA, which started with only five model portfolios, now expanded to 44 investment options plus a margin lending facility. One gripe is the fee. At present, clients don't pay a fixed fee but multiple fees including the model portfolio fee ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... share price index contract was down 82 points at 5,780. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its January lending finance data and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment is due. A lacklustre Australian stock market ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... The US economy has continued to receive news indicating some serious danger signs as the second largest supplier of home lending facilities to those with poor credit histories, the New Century Financial Corp, has ceased making new loans and announced ...