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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... little participation." Shares in Australia's major banks were pounded on a weak lead from Wall Street and fears the local lenders may reveal more write-downs. Commonwealth Bank shares dropped $1.45 to $30.65, National Australia Bank shed 93 cents, or ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... crunch had sparked a mutually reinforcing chain reaction of cutbacks by excessively leveraged borrowers and loss-ridden lenders. This is different from the crunches of the 1970s when all that was needed were short-lived adjustments to cool accelerating ...

Govt overhauls consumer credit regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... on predatory lending practices. This includes protecting consumers from dodgy mortgage dealers and unscrupulous 'payday lenders'. In phase one of the action plan, which should be in place by mid next year, the Commonwealth will now assume responsibility ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... efforts to boost home ownership in the US via the promotion of "paper-thin downpayments" that "pushed for ways to get lenders to give mortgage loans to first-time buyers with shaky financing and incomes" that might have inadvertently lead to the NINJA-loan ...

Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... low $2.5 billion compared to $18 billion the previous year. The fall made it virtually impossible for non-bank mortgage lenders to secure funding, stifling competition in the market. Christopher Joye, managing director at Rismark International, welcomed ...

Macq to sell investment lending arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... work with them on what they can do in turbulent times." Curry acknowledged the current market conditions has forced all lenders to assess their position but said he is surprised at Macquarie Bank's move. "The market's not growing as fast as it was because ...

IRESS upgrades service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... includes a mortgage comparative tool which allows financial planners to analyse different mortgage rates across 20 different lenders. In addition, the upgrade enables financial planners to refer clients to risk advisers and then receive a cut of the ...

ShareInvest gets Lonsec approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... Karrasch, OneVue head of sales. The product requires a $25,000 minimum investment and third party financing from margin lenders or gearing is available. The report noted that since the merger of Direct Portfolio Services and Pentafin, OneVue is better ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... optimism about the financial sector which followed the US Government's decision over the weekend to seize control of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 280.01 points, or 2.43 per cent to settle at 11,230.73 ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... consistent all along, which is to say conservative," he said. However, Squillacioti acknowledged that the market overall, lenders and borrowers alike, will be looking a lot more at all the different aspects of their securities lending programs. "As the ...