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ASIC sends warning to property spruikers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... Coast. Among ASIC's findings were that Money Choice had engaged in unlicensed lending and given misleading information to lenders. "Mr George demonstrated through his conduct that he is not a fit and proper person to engage in credit activities," ASIC ...

Gearing strategies not just for retirees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... margin lending services to retail investors. "It's important to understand the services offered by the various margin lenders in the marketplace," McKay said. "You want to be sure that the margin lender gives you and your adviser the tools and support ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... been questioned by a number of industry professionals. APRA executive general manager for policy Chris Littrell warned lenders that SMSF loans had a 'potentially higher loss profile' than regular mortgages. But the comments have been criticised within ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... credit downgrade signals that a country is less able to repay its debt obligations, sending its borrowing costs up as lenders demand higher interest rates for the risk that sometime, one day, they might not get their money back. This has happened in ...

PwC partner banned from auditing

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... interest-bearing liabilities disclosed as non-current liabilities. It also failed to disclose substantial guarantees to lenders totaling in excess of US$2.8 billion that had been given after the balance date. In the case of CER, the financial report ...

IFM appoints new private equity executive director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... Australia, over the past ten years, PE net returns outperform most market indices." "At the same time we are seeing traditional lenders pulling back from the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, thereby providing good investment opportunities. Australian ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... said the 11.5 billion euros ($A14.35 billion) in more spending cuts and revenue increases demanded by Greece's rescue lenders might not be enough to get the ailing economy back on track, as she also criticised the slow progress of privatisations. RBS ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... mandatory one-page fact sheet for home loans and the introduction of 'tick and flick' has helped in "turning up the heat" on lenders. The Coalition has previously said it will undertake a comprehensive review of the sector designed to focus on increasing ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... following trading day. 'Midnight Trader' reported at the time that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae got chopped, so were "farm lenders; long-term U.S. government-backed debt issued by 32 banks; and credit unions and three major clearinghouses, which are used ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... citing worries that the recession in the euro zone's third-largest economy could mean mounting losses for the country's lenders" (AFR) failed to dampen the markets' mood. Or is this another hit to credit raters' credibility? S&P cut Monte dei Paschi ...