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Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Securities and Investment Commission is taking Westpac to the Federal Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess whether borrowers ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...

Bad credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... 0.5% gain in November. Loans to housing - up 0.5% in January - accounted for all of the increase in total credit, with lending for investment housing rising by 0.6% while those for owner-occupation increased by 0.5%. Declines in credit to business (-0.3%) ...

APRA urges banks to raise capital

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... capital position. "Financial regulatory authorities would need to stand ready to intensify targeted prudential measures, if lending or house price growth were to re-accelerate, while advancing the implementation of the regulatory reform agenda," the ...

Bonds aiding not-for-profit investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... usually generate one to 2% higher returns than term deposits. "When considering asset allocation, the middle ground between lending money to a bank as a depositor (term deposits) and becoming a part owner of a company as a shareholder (buying shares) ...

Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Margin lending investors are voicing stronger intent to borrow more through their margin loans, indicating the group is becoming savvier as risk managers. The positivity comes amidst an industry-wide surge in attention to risk management, according ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... although the RBA noted that borrowing has picked up a little and leverage is increasing, it is encouraged by stricter lending standards and lenders' cautious attitude to lending in certain segments.

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... extend by one year the deadlines for new applications for such measures as the Fund-Provisioning Measure to Stimulate Bank Lending, the Fund-Provisioning Measure to Support Strengthening the Foundations for Economic Growth, and the Funds-Supplying Operation ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... from 0.6%). Housing credit increased by 0.5% in the month of December after a similar 0.5% gain in the previous month - lending for housing investors surged by 0.8% (the fastest since May 2015) while that for owner-occupiers grew by 0.4%. Personal credit ...

Challenger names fixed income head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Bob Sahota who moved to Janus Capital subsidiary Kapstream to take on a portfolio management role and head up its direct lending arm in December 2016.