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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... international front the Japanese economy has continued to show promise after a few stop starts over the last year with bank lending rising 1.3 per cent in February, and Machine tool orders increasing by 15.9 per cent on an annual basis to February. The ...

NZ Super dives into IT securities lending

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has appointed securities lending specialist eSecLending to manage its securities lending programme. NZ Super has set up a securities lending programme in a bit to boost revenues, by lending its securities ...

Private equity lending restrained at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Westpac Institutional Bank group executive Phil Chronican spelled out the bank's approach to providing leverage finance to private equity groups at an investor briefing this week. The bank has been active in supporting private equity transactions "that ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... overnight, sending the Nasdaq Composite index down more than one per cent, amid rising concerns about the subprime mortgage lending market and the diminishing appetite for risk in the latest leg of the global equity sell-off. Based on the latest data ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

Macquarie's margin lending arm saw margin calls more than double in the midst of the Chinese market-led freefall yet, on the whole, Macquarie said investors are using their big buffer of cash to buy more shares. Peter van der Westhuyzen, division director ...

China funds under pressure?

... up the cost of capital (through higher interest rates) and lowering risk (banks ordered to increase reserves and limit lending for share investments). The question is, what does the Chinese Government's move to thwart speculative investing mean for investors ...

Westpac breaks up consumer and business banking

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... set to continue as group executive with Consumer Financial Sercvices and will be responsible for mortgages and personal lending, third part relationships, cards and savings and transactions accounts. Peter Hanlon will step into the role of group executive ...

Perpetual enters lending business with Wignalls

... corporate trust division, said the acquisition was part of their strategy to extend services to the securitisation and lending markets. "Securitisation market growth and increased outsourcing by bank and non-bank institutions has led to the demand for ...

Opes Prime appoints head of sales

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... launch new product in other areas requiring creative solutions, such as structured products," Smith said. "Securities lending and equities financing will continue to be a main driver for us and Mark's experience and contacts in the stockbroking industry ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 17 points at 5879. In economic news today, the ABS releases December lending finance data, National Australia Bank releases its January monthly business survey, and AOFM releases the result of a bond ...