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Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... estate projects for property developers or owners. Last year, it originated $1 billion in commercial mortgages. It's lending is underwritten by former Citigroup banker Doug Farrell's Sydney-based private equity firm Quintet Partners, which recently ...

IRESS reports strong 2018

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... as key drivers, including significant deliveries to large wealth management and financial advice clients, momentum in lending and increased innovation across the IRESS offering. The Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Wealth Management segment saw operating ...

Royal Commission recommendations split industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... better inform consumer decision making. "The final report was light on addressing remedies for consumers from irresponsible lending and in certain circumstances an obligation to forgive debt might encourage better compliance," Cook said. This week's ...

Royal Commission will worsen credit crunch: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... at Deloitte Access Economics, told Financial Standard 's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney last week that tightened lending policies post-Royal Commission is nothing to be too concerned about. While there has been significant adjustment in lending ...

Don't fear credit crunch: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... working towards purchasing their first property or starting their own business need not be too concerned with tightened lending policies post-Royal Commission. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney recently, Deloitte Access ...

Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... debt-to-equity ratio currently sits under 30% - a marked improvement in the past three years. "In 2016, people stopped lending to emerging markets and they started to reduce their debt and focus on costs," Taylor said. Meanwhile, the debt-to-equity ratio ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... years for the banks will be challenging, Arnold said, adding that this correction was only inevitable given the loose lending policies over the last two decades. Liu advised investors "to be selective in where you put your money." Investors should look ...

Ponzi scheme fined $1.4bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... reality, Woodbridge was relying on new investor capital to pay dividends and distributions to existing investors while lending money to Shapiro-owned companies that had no income and never made interest payments on the loans, the SEC alleged in 2017. ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... cycle low and the weakest read since we began compiling this index in May 2009." Never mind the credit crunch in home lending or oversupply or restrictions on foreign purchasers or whatever, expectations matters more. Expectations of falling house prices ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... undermining productivity in the workplace and amplifying populism in the political sphere," Fink said. Companies should be lending their expertise and capacity for innovation to solving the immense global challenge, he continued. "In doing so, companies ...