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Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013

... However, the details show that most of this went to housing.A Housing credit rose by 4.5% over the same period; personal credit by 1.1%; and credit to businesses by 0.9%. Still, it's all well and good...but that's if the appreciation in housing generates ...

Confidently counting our chickens

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007

... sector credit in March (by 0.2 percentage points), it continues to grow at an annual rate near 15 per cent and personal credit growth is up 12.1 per cent on last year. Business borrowing also dropped off slightly in March but remains at an annual growth ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006

... the 16.2 and 17.4 per cent figures of the previous two months and the lowest figure since December 2005. Other personal credit at 9.5 per cent annual growth is about thirty per cent down on the levels of a year ago.

Investment management company director gaoled for seven years

... them. In reality the company was making significant losses and Walker was found to be using clients' funds to pay personal credit card debts and his mortgage. It was estimated that investors in FOGI lost $11 million, with $1.9 million of the total relating ...

Aust private sector credit rises 1.2% in May

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004

... the previous release, housing credit grew by 1.5% in May and by 20.3% over the year, seasonally adjusted. Other personal credit grew by 1.2% in the month and by 14.3% over the year and business credit grew by 0.9% in the month and by 9.1% over the year. ...

Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP | FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004

... savings accounts, including charges for cheques, over-the-counter transactions, ATMs, internet and phone banking. Personal credit cards were the fastest-growing cash cow for banks in 2003, almost doubling over two years to $604 million. Separate figures ...

Home lending picks up again in March: RBA

AAP | FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004

... rates next week, although analysts had discounted the chance of a rate rise so soon before the federal Budget. Personal credit, which covers credit cards and their higher interest rates, grew at 1.0 per cent and was 15.3 per cent up over the year, the ...

Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP | MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004

... growth was rampant. Of most concern, housing credit is now at 23.6%, just below the record set in August of 1994. Personal credit, which covers credit cards and their higher interest rates, grew at 1.3% and was 14.6% up over the year.

Credit grows at fastest pace in 14 years

... at its fastest pave since August 1994 and is a just a few tenths of a percent from reaching a record fast pace. Personal credit rose 1.1% in October after a rise of 2.2% in September to be 12.9% higher than a year earlier. Business credit rose 1.2% in ...

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Iress bets on AI as business transformation moves forward

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Iress is shifting its focus from business simplification to executing an ambitious artificial intelligence (AI)-driven product strategy that will help financial advisers slash work processes by nearly 40%.

Macquarie AM-led consortium finalises Qube takeover

KARREN VERGARA

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and a consortium of global investors, including UniSuper and the family office of a Spanish billionaire, have completed their $11.7 billion acquisition of logistics and infrastructure giant Qube Holdings.

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Former AMP chief executive Alexis George has taken on a new board position, five months after announcing her intention to retire.

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