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Virgin home loan spices up mortgage lending

... zero fee credit card. It hopes to do the same thing again in mortgages. Virgin Home Loan is designed to undercut the major banks with a low 6.59 per cent variable interest rate per year with no annual fee, compared to similar loan packages with major ...

Investment banks and structured providers move into lending

... the big niche that seems to be opening up is for planners looking for something different. Reinforcing this, Jammal said, "Banks, through product development, have encroached on the world of planning. But what if a planner doesn't want to use a traditional ...

Australian consumption spending now top 5 in the region

... could start to redefine how companies market their goods. The consumption index is used by Visa and 21,000 other member banks and aims to consistently monitor and track global business and expenditure, including all government purchases of goods and ...

ING PEAL banks on private equity profits continuing

ING Private Equity Access Limited (ING PEAL) has posted a $3.23 million profit for the six months to the end of December 2005, primarily on the back of its listed equity portfolio. Australia's first listed private equity fund of funds, ING PEAL also ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2006
... market heavyweights like energy shares. A spike in bond yields after a disappointing Treasury note auction hurt shares of banks and insurers. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 67.95 points at 11,069.22. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down ...

Master trusts losing ground over poor marketing

... marketing that addresses their needs as small business operators." Stoykov also suggested that master trusts look at how banks draw and retain customers. "The banks have a heritage of consumer focused advertising, and they are streets ahead of the master ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2006
... strong earnings prospects. The Nikkei finished up 307.21 points at 16,184.87. HONG KONG - Stocks closed higher, boosted by banks and solid gains in the Japanese market which offset declining commodity counters. The benchmark Hang Seng index finished ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2006
... points at 1,262.86. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 22.07 points at 2,239.81. LONDON - The FTSE 100 closed higher with banks firmer, while directories firm Yell rose on bid talk. The index closed 29.4 points higher at 5,793.5. FRANKFURT - The DAX ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2006
... Britain's FTSE 100 index jumped back above the 5,800 level to its highest close in 4.5 years as bid talk livened up the banks and bumper results from BG boosted the oils. The index closed 83.6 points or 1.46 per cent higher at 5,808.7, its highest close ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2006
... the Federal Reserve would extend its campaign of interest-rate hikes. Shares of rate-sensitive stocks such as utilities, banks and insurance companies declined on the first productivity decline in nearly five years. Disappointing earnings added to the ...