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Minnow mortgage manager wants to be big fish

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
To grab a larger slice of the mortgage manager pie, Firstfolio Limited continues the growth by acquisition strategy, taking on six businesses during financial year 2008. Firstfolio grew its lending book by a third, to $8 billion for the period, with ...

HBOS surrenders to Lloyds TSB

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The worsening credit crunch may be about to generate a first merger of prominent commercial banks, with Lloyds TSB close to finalising terms for a takeover of HBOS. Britain's government and Financial Services Authority are encouraging the merger, according ...

A cyber home for advisers: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... for the completion of the project, Barnes confirms that it is looking to consolidate its various adviser services under the www.mlc.com.au banner within the next few years. Parallel to this, MLC is also undertaking a long term strategy to finetune the ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
A group of investors and asset consultants, sitting on a panel at an InAssociation infrastructure conference in Sydney on Wednesday, was asked to make a call on the future of the investment bank specialist funds model. They agreed it was over. The infrastructure ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
The general manager finance and tax at Wesfarmers, Luigi Mottolini, spent a good part of May and June leading a roadshow to meet with local credit investors. The aim of the meetings was to repair relations with bond portfolio managers and analysts who ...

Econocrats pour cold water on mortgage agency

... a similar proposal, which has been labelled Aussie Mac. This is a truncated version of an article that appeared in today's www.thesheet.com banking industry newsletter.

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
Members Equity Bank is to be subjected to a strategic review of its direction by its four largest industry fund shareholders. Melbourne consultants LEK have been contracted by AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Host Plus in the wake of three new board ...

Account switching is too much trouble

... transferred from one bank to another, with all the attached direct debit and credit arrangements transferring automatically. www.thesheet.com

NAB names new chief

WWW.THESHEET.COM, ASX STATEMENT  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
NAB has appointed Cameron Clyne, the chief executive of NAB-owned Bank of New Zealand, as its new group chief executive starting next year, ending media speculation on who would replace John Stewart for the top job. Stewart's departure this year is ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... system hasn't found a way to make up for that," she said. Sonia Williams, founder of a publishing business for working mothers, www.showmummythemoney.com.au, said, "It's good if the government can do more to help increase women's savings. It would alleviate ...