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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... Centro Properties Group will be looking to finalise details on its debt extension arrangments with both Australian and US lenders, with its current debt facilities expiring by midnight tonight. In Canberra, the Australian Business Economists briefing ...

Money for Living practice is not RM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
The Senior Australian Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) is distancing itself from Money for Living, stating the business was not involved in promoting and selling reverse mortgages. On Monday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The collapse of some boutique margin lenders is prompting calls for more regulation, but regulatory overreaction leading to overreach may cause even bigger structural problems. To illustrate the conundrum, it's worth reviewing some of Reserve Bank Glen ...

LIFT Capital collapses

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... year, LIFT said it had more than $750 million in FUA. According to Business Day, Merrill Lynch was one of the company's lenders and has an exposure of $650 million on stocks loans of $800 million. McGrathNicol will provide regular updates on LIFT Capital's ...

B&B recapitalises Tricom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... takes the form of new equity from parties other than Babcock & Brown and a stand still agreement from Tricom's secured lenders ANZ and the asset management group. Babcock & Brown added that its total exposure remains secured and Tricom will not receive ...

ATO warns on super loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... change are expected to be trustees of self managed funds, who can now gear into property. Since late last year a number of lenders have come to market with superannuation loan products and a growing number of loan brokers are signing up to sell the loans. ...

Further regulation not needed: Nelson

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... Federal Opposition leader Brendan Nelson said there is no need for further regulation on the stock market and non-bank lenders following Tricom and Opes Prime's problems. Speaking at a Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) luncheon, Nelson ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... practices and compliance with regulations in the short selling and securities lending arenas. IFSA and ACSI said securities lenders have an important role to play in providing information to support reporting and compliance obligations. Commenting on ...

MFS morphs into GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... increase above current levels. Changed investor attitudes towards appropriate levels of debt spurred the group to advice its lenders that it intends to reduce gearing. "A firm commitment to reduce gearing, and reduce the facility limit within given time ...

Let the sub-prime post-mortem begin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... securisations to expand their share of the credit market to up to 50 per cent also put a layer of ill-discipline among lenders that fueled the speculative environment even more. Former US Federal Reserve chairman Dr Alan Greenspan's decision to put more ...