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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly lower as US markets lost further ground and European markets continued the falls of the previous day. Gold was down, but silver, copper and oil were higher overnight. Attention will be on the release ...

IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... every business unit. For example, most retail banks receive data from numerous sources - their mortgage lending unit, credit card business and from their traditional banking arm. They may have also inherited data following mergers and acquisitions. Trigwell ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... institutions and investors. This time, it is the American homebuyer's turn, courtesy of President Obama. Who's next? Credit card borrowers? Personal loans? Reading through the news reports, I noticed very minimal criticism of Obama's fresh initiative ...

BNY Mellon to ramp up Asia and Aus presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Fund manager and asset servicing firm BNY Mellon plans to increase its manufacturing base in Asia, including Australia, and the launch of its domestic equities fund Ankura Capital is just the beginning of an expansion plan in the year ahead. Visiting ...

More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... bushfire can re-negotiate their existing loans, access their term deposits without incurring a penalty charge and defer credit card and loan repayments for a certain period. Fund managers AMP and AXA have also donated at least $1 million and $100,000 ...

No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
'All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say Yo Goober! Where's the meat? I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.' Homer Simpson. Equity investors who came to US Treasury ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... Their banking customers will also get financial assistance in the form of deferred home loan repayments; suspension of credit card repayments and emergency credit limit increases; and waiving the fees on early withdrawal costs for those who want to access ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... reducing its use of borrowed money. By force -tighter lending standards and reduced credit limits offered by banks and credit card companies. On its own - consumers are using tax cuts and other spare funds to pay down existing credit balances. Australia ...

Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... variable rate home loans, a 62.7 per cent rise in cases relating to fixed rate home loans and a 9.4 per cent rise in credit card cases. "The Financial Ombudsman Service is doing all it can to deal with cases promptly. At this time it is essential that ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... announced last week a facility that will lend against asset-backed securities collateralized by student loans, auto loans, credit card loans, and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.' Bernanke assured his audience that the US government ...