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Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... February more than offsetting the 1.7% increase in the previous month. More encouraging, February's fall in overall house lending was led by a 5.9% drop in lending for investment housing - the segment the RBA alluded to in its April monetary policy statement ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... CoAssets commenced trading in September 2016, the company described itself as the first crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending company to list in Australia. It raised $6.55 million in its initial public offering at 40c per share. "This listing is just ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) recently-announced additional macro-prudential restrictions on residential mortgage lending. This, along with the recent lift in mortgage rates by several Australian banks, should help slow the rise in property ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... Magnitude and Securitor advisers Investments - $32 billion funds under management (FUM); $1bn in deposits, $2bn in margin lending Private wealth - $21 billion in deposits, $2bn in funds under administration (FUA), $17bn in mortgages Superannuation - ...

CSC renews $40bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... fund clients grow their relationships with us we have expanded our capital markets service offering to include securities lending, foreign exchange capabilities and brokerage. CSC values Northern Trust's flexible and scalable global investor services ...

US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... market as inflationary measures continue under a Trump-led government. Already the "smart money" is borrowing long and lending short. "People are locking in fixed rates for a long time because they see some increased interest rates coming," Carden said. ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... associated with risk cultures and financial innovations." More specifically the risk from the re-acceleration in investment lending in the property market. "Certainly in terms of financial stability we are watching it because investors can the first ...

RBA zeroes in on balance sheets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... and that's why we're watching it very carefully and considering whether we might need to do more," she said. In terms of lending practices, she continued, what an individual bank is doing "might look okay," but if a whole group are doing a similar thing ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... Meanwhile, energy generated by the Hamilton solar farm is to be sold into the grid on a largely merchant basis. CBA's lending exposure to renewable electricity generation at 31 December 2016 was $2.3 billion - 35% higher than the prior corresponding ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... (ECB) governing council decided to keep monetary policy steady - refinancing rate at 0%, deposit rate at -0.4%, marginal lending facility at 0.25% -- while at the same time confirming that its asset purchases of €80 billion per month will run until ...