Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 461 - 470 of 587 results for "Lenders"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... rotating money from tech, until recently a market leader, and into the downtrodden financial sector. Banks and mortgage lenders were the standouts following a report that the US Treasury will soon unveil a plan to help stem the subprime mortgage crisis. ...

Brakes on reverse mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... be more active in their retirement would provide growth opportunities in the future. The report found Australia has 26 lenders compared to only six providers three years ago, but with more competition and decreasing margins could result in the amount ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... tapped near six-week lows, as shares in the city's property developers found support in last week's rate cuts by local lenders. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 137.62 points to 27,803.35. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket recovered from a gently negative ...

That four-letter word

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... 14million-plus credit files, Veda Advantage which facilitates credit reference checks for Australia's major banks and lenders have found that regional NSW, was worst off where defaults rose by as much as 77.2 per cent, where Sydney's default rate rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... erased opening losses to hit a record close, as strong fund flows and the expiry of index futures fed gains in mainland lenders, which found support from a recent string of strong quarterly results. The Hang Seng Index hit its third-straight record and ...

All about Eve

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... Veda Advantage (formerly known as Baycorp), which facilitates credit reference checks for Australia's major banks and lenders. Veda found in a recent gender credit study that women are more likely than men to pay their credit cards, personal loans, and ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
Plenty of mortgage managers and second tier lenders have pushed home loan interest rates higher in recent weeks as they, or their funders, have passed on some of the rising cost of funds connected to the global liquidity crunch. Examples include South ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... points to 17,177.89. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips gained 1.2 per cent and China plays rose 2.5 per cent, as mainland lenders led the way while China Dongxiang beat expectations in its market debut. The Hang Seng Index rose 341.29 points to 28,569.33. ...

Sub-prime currency fall-out

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... even more liquidity into the credit markets and to lower yield expectations that were pushing too high and frightening lenders out of the market. But low US rates stretch the country differentials causing rebound effects on global currency valuations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... Composite Index fell 12.19 points to 2,654.29. LONDON - UK stocks fell as worries over Northern Rock and other mortgage lenders returned, halting the previous session's euphoria that was triggered by the aggressive US rate cut. The FTSE 100 dropped 31 ...