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Syndicated loan market contracts by half

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Syndicated lending by Australian banks fell by around half during the March 2008 quarter, in one measure of the restricted availability of corporate credit since the global credit crunch emerged in mid 2007. The Bank for International Settlements estimated ...

Bank fees jump three-times inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
Total bank fees by Australians experienced their biggest jump in four years and reflect the more dynamic way we use banks rather than fees themselves actually increasing, argues the Reserve Bank. The Reserve has just published their annual bank fee ...

Westpac and St.George outline merger terms

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
Westpac and St.George have agreed to the key terms outlined in yesterday's proposed merger - taking the two institutions a step closer to creating Australia's largest platform provider and banking institution. The newest development further cements ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

The UK arm of homegrown fund manager Colonial First State scooped the top six spots in a new report that looks at the top 100 fund managers in the UK based on consistent performance. London-based financial adviser publication Professional Adviser published ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher today, with Wall Street and base metals in London offering positive leads overnight, and the SPI futures index in Sydney up strongly. At 0741 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning, despite overnight falls on Wall Street and amongst base metals in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0705 AEST was up 45 points at 5673. In the news ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

ANZ sets the scene for capital raising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
ANZ may be preparing investors for a capital raising. It is also noteworthy that ANZ and its CEO Mike Smith are taking the lead - given NAB and John Stewart took the opposite position in an interview with The Australian (and abstracted here) a couple ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
The Australian stock market fell sharply today, losing three per cent of its value, as nervous investors dumped banking stocks amid signs the US sub-prime mortgage crisis is getting worse. Stocks in the US slid almost two per cent last night after data ...

Morgan Stanley launches new FX strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... Australia, the Morgan Stanley FX Alpha Fund aspires to target a gross annualised return of four per cent above the UBS Australian bank bill index, with an estimated value at risk (VaR) of four per cent. The Morgan Stanley FX Alpha Plus Fund will aim ...