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CSAM takes hybrids and syndicated loans on the road to pursue income

... hybrid portfolio. The Syndicated Loan fund launched includes loans made to non-investment grade companies by a group of lenders and the floating rate nature of syndicated loans help mitigate the impact of rising interest rates.

Brakes applied to investment property mortgage market

... demand was strong. All of these factors made investors more willing to borrow money to purchase investment properties and lenders supported this demand by making products more readily available. Figures compiled for 2004 show the investment property ...

Lending golden age over - Datamonitor

The golden age for Australian lenders is over, despite continued growth in the domestic mortgage market financial information provider Datamonitor said this week. Signs of a slowdown in the rate of lending have appeared, the company said, with lending ...

ASIC crackdown on misleading mortgage broker advertising

... found such claims were misleading. For example, you cannot be totally impartial if you only deal with a limited panel of lenders who are paying you commission." The warning was issued by ASIC following an enforceable undertaking from Structured Financial ...

Tighter prudential requirements for LMIs: APRA

... released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on Monday proposes tighter capital restrictions for lenders mortgage insurers (LMI's) and a new regulatory capital model for the industry. APRA chairman Dr John Laker said the proposed ...

New disclosure laws for brokers and mortgage managers

... contain details of the credit required, and disclose any referral fees or other benefits and most also disclose the panel of lenders from which the brokers may obtain credit for the customer. Possible exemptions to the law will be gazetted on 6 August ...

HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... competition reasons. Santander\'s move has also raised speculation that Citigroup and U.S. rivals might try to buy other UK lenders, but Crosby said a wave of cross-border mergers was only in the minds of merger and acquisition bankers.

Aust banks amongst Asia Pacific region's top lenders

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
Australian banks were among the top 10 lending institutions for project finance in Asia Pacific for the first six months of 2004 with much of the activity concentrated in Australia. Total loans for project finance for the period amounted to $US13 billion ...

Junior mortgage broker asks ACCC to look at anti-comp behaviour

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
... earlier this year with franchise-based Refund Home Loans, saying at the time he had the support of all the major banks and lenders. But he said three of the banks with which he had personal accreditation and dealt with through a larger broker had since ...

ACCC plans to approve mortgage industry rules

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... estimated 5,700 members, representing about 45 per cent of loan writers in Australia and 75 per cent of mortgage brokers, lenders and managers. Its disciplinary rules set standards for industry conduct and a process for an independent tribunal to hear ...