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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... 18.4 per cent or $4.8 billion to $21.5 billion. The impact of the interest rate hikes of the last year have shown up in lending finance figures just published by the ABS which record that over the last year housing finance for owner occupation has grown ...

Allco hunts niche finance acquisitions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... and use it as a vehicle for a move into a range of additional finance company activities covering agribusiness finance, lending for property development, mezzanine finance and asset finance. Allco announced this week that it will corporatise the trust ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... points at 5,485. On the economic front today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the latest October lending finance data and National Australia Bank will issue its November monthly business survey. On the corporate side, Flexigroup ...

Opes Prime appoints new chairman

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
Specialist securities lending and equity financing solutions provider Opes Prime Group has announced the appointment of a new non-executive chairman to help drive growth into 2007. Peter Gillooly, former head of Tattersalls, will join Opes Prime as ...

Borat movie and bank credit demand push Kazakhstan centre stage

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... rapid ongoing and planned expansion, especially in areas which are intrinsically more risky, such as construction and SME lending, or where banks have less experience, for example retail and the Russian market, gives rise to substantial credit risks. ...

MIAA set for a new name

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... mortgage broker." The MIAA has more than 10,000 members around Australia, representing roughly 50 per cent of the mortgage lending industry.

Rate rise drives home loan innovation

... Hooker Financial Services. Bromley said that, "A continuing increase in interest rates may lead to a more competitive lending environment". "This increased competition among lenders may drive an improvement in service levels, as well as the development ...

FSR style licensing regime for mortgage brokers

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... Association of Lenders), said legislation could be ready next year. "The Consumer Credit Code is based on the idea of truth in lending," he said. "That does not take us very far with reverse mortgages. It is a more complex product and needs advice. "We ...

Agribusiness still appeals to lenders

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... supported by recent rural research from Heron Todd White. He does not believe the banks have overextended themselves by lending against inflated valuations. "We have stuck to a rule that the cash flow must be available to service the debt. We have not ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

... financial liquidity with the banks absolutely tripping over themselves to lend for new investment." But the indiscriminate lending, said Keating, has meant that a lot of the investment is irrational and sub-economic. "The Central Bank, of course, is ...