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ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... Commission (ASIC). According to reports, the regulator will over the next fortnight ask the big four banks and eight other lenders to provide details on the various payments they make to brokers in a bid to assess how they influence broker behaviour. ...

European Cities Fund to take advantage of future proof cities

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... dedicated local team has longstanding relationships with owners, brokers, local developers, property management firms, and lenders. This pipeline of stock combined with our extensive local experience and strong track record for origination and delivery ...

Clients asking planners for margin loans

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... increasingly strategic approach to margin lending, financial planners are seeking a wider range of gearing products from lenders. Product innovation could expand the market.

Margin loans keep pace with shrinking customer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... preventative factor in increasing margin debt. Furthermore Australians appear to be increasingly satisfied with their margin lenders, giving high ratings across Investment Trends' "key satisfaction drivers". The report added that this "has translated ...

Margin lenders tighten policies after ASIC review

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... offering double geared margin loans following an Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC) review. Out of six margin lenders, covering 90% of the market, five were found to be offering double geared margin loans at the time of ASIC's review. Four ...

Adviser pleads guilty following ASIC sting

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... October 1997 and March 2006, created six margin loan applications with false guarantors (with the intention of inducing lenders to provide him margin loans). He also, in ASIC's words, "dishonestly gained a benefit for himself by lodging securities owned ...

AMP to launch SMSF trustee course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... likely be restrictions imposed on personal guarantees, or perhaps the prohibition on personal guarantees, which for some lenders may be the final straw," Burgess said.

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... recently from HSBC, where for the past five years he was a lead equity research analyst covering asset managers, specialist lenders and international dealer brokers as well as European investment banks. Arminjon joined Lazard in June this year from Henderson ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... dwellings - were held by an SMSF through a limited recourse borrowing arrangement in 2013. "Leverage always carries risks. Lenders recognise this in their loan to valuation requirements." Frydenberg also said the federal government will shortly introduce ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... bailout. If the Greeks vote "YES" instead, then no probs. It's them, the Greek people, not the Greek PM that agreed to the lenders' lending conditions. But what if the Greeks vote "NO" and the creditors still refuses to deal... and financial markets ...