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Stakes rising fast at anti-adviser Parlie inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Parliamentary Inquiry into financial advice is quickly shaping up into the high stakes game it was always expected to become as of the 19 submissions received so far not one has anything positive to say about how advice operates in Australia or ...

Westpac launches BlueChip20

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... their investment portfolio anytime, with regular monthly contributions starting at $250 and the option of using a margin loan to boost the investment. "Investors are going to need to gear to rebuild their wealth, this allows them to gear on a monthly ...

CommBank's 64,245 margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... CommBank to triple the number of margin calls in the second half of last year. The impact was that the size of the margin loan book plunged from $8 billion to $5.5 billion in six months, though this is in line with the decline in the stock market. According ...

Sherry's to-do list for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Senator Nick Sherry yesterday unveilled his top priorities for 2009, which includes a strong focus on short selling regulation, margin loans and credit rating agencies. Speaking at a media function in Sydney last night, the minister for superannuation ...

Dealer groups bank on strong balance sheets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Key dealer groups Australian Financial Services, The Salisbury Group and Snowball step up to explain their business models after the Storm Financial collapse. While Storm Financial is one of hundreds of dealer groups in the market, its troubles stemming ...

Schroders launches geared global fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... The fund borrows at institutional rate that is roughly two per cent less than a retail investor could pay using a margin loan, according to Schroders, The product includes no loan administration and margin calls to boost the gearing efficiency of the ...

CBA targets self managed super

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday launched the first offerings from its new structured investments team, aimed squarely at trustees of self managed superannuation funds. Like a number of other financial institutions, CBA is hoping to take advantage of changes ...

JPMorgan launches IQ Instalment Warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... available loan rate is 9.25 per cent on any borrowing against the product, compared to the average 10.25 per cent for margin loan rates provided by other lenders, JPMorgan said in a statement. "We expect this series to be of particular interest to high ...

Less clients, larger loan sizes

Margin lending is still the most popular form of gearing used by brokers for their clients and while the numbers are down, loan sizes are up. The findings came from the latest Colonial Geared Investments/Investment Trends Margin Lending: Broker Report ...

Ironbridge to buy Bravura

Financial services software provider Bravura has announced a takeover proposal from private equity firm Ironbridge Capital which values the group at more than $270 million. Under the proposal, a company to be owned by funds advised by Ironbridge and ...