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St.George to re-hire lenders as contractors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... its core NSW market. In a bulletin to mortgage brokers on Friday, St.George described this plan as "launching a mobile lending channel" and said the bank would refer to this lending channel as 'Mortgage Connect'. The bulletin to brokers said Mortgage ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... pressures put on businesses since the survey began in 1989 as a result of labour shortages constraining output. ABS Housing lending data released yesterday expanded slightly in June by 2 per cent to $20.5 billion after a 4.8 per cent jump the previous ...

St.George buys HSBC's margin lending

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
St.George Bank yesterday acquired the margin lending business of HSBC Bank Australia. HSBC margin loan clients will become St.George customers effective immediately and the total transition is expected to be completed by mid-September. The HSBC margin ...

Investors rush for capital protected loans

Investors are going gangbusters for capital protected margin lending products as a way to ride the market mood swings, according to the latest data from the Reserve Bank. Capital protected loans are investment products where the investor is not subject ...

BMW torques up home lending offering

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
... BMW is moving into the home mortgage market in Australia. BMW Financial Services said yesterday it would offer four home lending options to its car buyers. "The BMW mortgage is a high performance product that can be tailored to each individual customer's ...

Gen Xers jump online for home loans: Forrester

... compared to the average Australian. For Australian lenders to successfully win these Gen Xers, Forrester recommended that lending company's websites should be designed to allow visitors to apply online quickly and with minimum hassle. "Our recent review ...

Lo-doc lending headaches

Are lo-doc loans too high maintenance? While the Big Four banks have all jumped on the lo-doc bandwagon, consulting firm Deloitte said other finance groups are starting to question the business model behind non-conforming loans. Lo-doc loans or non-conforming ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
... price index contract was UP 33 points to 5133 at 0745 AEST. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release May lending finance data. Elsewhere, wagering company Centrebet International Ltd is due to list on Australian Stock Exchange. Yesterday ...

AXA provides more lending facilities

... Planning and Charter Financial Planning have teamed up with a third party mortgage distributor to bolster their suite of lending facilities. The new arrangement is with Alliere, a fully-owned subsidiary of long running residential mortgages specialist ...

Credit Suisse adds to distribution management team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
... joins Credit Suisse from the St.George Banking Group where he was head of distribution, Advance asset management, margin lending and direct shares. Mowll has also spent time running his own successful financial planning business as well as holding senior ...