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SME board to place $50 million this year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
A new company exchange for small to medium enterprises (SME) is on track to intermediate $50 million in placements this year. The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) currently has about 50 companies listed on its board, ranging from mining ...

Orix sells to Allco

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
Finance company Orix Australia has sold three of its five business divisions to Allco Finance Group. The business, equipment and commercial property finance operations will form part of the restructure of Allco Hybrid Investment Trust, which was announced ...

Allco hunts niche finance acquisitions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Allco Finance Group will turn the Allco Hybrid Investment Trust into a listed company 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 ...

Borat movie and bank credit demand push Kazakhstan centre stage

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... "Such 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 ...

Aviva creates new unit to beef up distribution

... investment and Ashton on risk. All three are internal appointments. Adam McKenzie was at Navigator's Business Super, focusing on SME and large business super funds and Maria Mazur started as an assistant technical manager before working for three years ...

ING pushes harder into SME market

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
ING Australia has announced it plans to aggressively attack market share in the SME sector, unveiling enhancements to its Integra Super product largely centred around lower fees. On the back of an AC Nielson survey that revealed that ING was the first ...

Young business owners to shun 'bricks and mortar' lending

As property prices in Australia continue to skyrocket, the next generation of business owners are more likely to secure their funding through alternative sources rather than the "family home". Matthew Nolan, who once headed the vendor finance divisions ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2006
Futures levels point to a stronger opening on the Australian share market following a positive lead from Wall Street. Stronger-than-expecter earnings from US aerospace company Boeing Co pushed blue-chip US stocks higher overnight. The local bourse closed ...

ING appoints sales manager for employer superannuation drive

ING has appointed Robert Bergin to the role of national sales manager, employer superannuation, as part of its drive to grow the employer superannuation business. Bergin will manage a team of BDMs who will work closely with advisers, helping them to ...

In the end it's all about relationships

... to understand their business and 25.5 per cent identified enhanced electronic platforms as an important bank service. The SME market also identified these two areas as their key priorities. The research highlighted key differences between the 'big end ...