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Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... too long around 2001 to 2003, which encouraged a gung ho attitude towards mortgage lending. In an interview for CBS's 60 Minutes, Greenspan admitted he was aware of sub-prime lending practices where high risk borrowers were given very low, short-term ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... prices added to concerns about the economy. Sentiment worsened late in the day after the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes, which noted growing concern among Fed officials about the housing market. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 280.28 ...

MLC launches adviser MAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... closely with IRESS Market Technology to enable share trades placed with participating stockbrokers to be done in under 10 minutes.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... remarkable late-day surge almost brought them back into the black. The blue chips recovered 300 points in the last 45 minutes of the day, and the broader benchmark S&P 500 clawed back into positive territory to finish up on the strength of a rebound ...

Bear claws and database gremlins

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... difficulties. With nowhere to hedge their risks, investors were forced to sell physical shares. Traders were apparently given 45 minutes notice as the SFE announced a closure was needed "to address an urgent hardware rectification". It was reported that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... remarkable late-day surge almost brought them back into the black. The blue chips recovered 300 points in the last 45 minutes of the day, and the broader benchmark S&P 500 clawed back into positive territory to finish up on the strength of a rebound ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
... Australia Bank added 45 cents to $37.53, ANZ was 27 cents higher to $27.79 and Westpac gained 23 cents to $25.78. In the final minutes of trading overnight, the Dow shot up around 180 points, then trimmed a modest slice off that to close up more than ...

AMP takes underwriting online

... phone. Around 60 per cent of all personal statements submitted through the phone option are being completed in less than 30 minutes. "Planners using easywrite tele report that the process is much easier for their clients than completing a paper-based ...

Green light for Aviva Riskfirst roll-out

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... process, around 50 per cent of advisers surveyed could complete the online signature-free application form in less than 30 minutes, compared to just 6 per cent who were capable of completing a paper-based application in the same time. All advisers were ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... opened higher on the back of news overnight that UK's central bank had considered raising interest rates. The release of minutes from the Bank of England's board meeting earlier this month weakened the US dollar, which in turn helped the domestic unit. ...