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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australia lending finance Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed a sharp 9.0% increase in the total value commercial finance commitments in July, more than reversing the 8.2% drop in the previous month. The increase was driven by ...

Kina appoints Suncorp vet as director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... brings important insights in the areas of credit risk and governance, which are a focus for the board as we expand our lending and grow our business in the coming years." Based in Papua New Guinea and founded in 1985, Kina offers lending, stockbroking ...

Westpac tops S&P ESG index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... satisfaction. The report also hailed Westpac's commitment towards improving risk management practices in its investment and lending businesses, and its commitment to environmental causes: "In 2015, Westpac also exceeded expectations by lending to and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... meeting - the fifth straight month of unchanged monetary settings. The repo rate remained at 0% while the deposit and lending interest rates were unchanged at minus 0.4% and 0.25%, respectively. The central bank also maintained its asset purchases at ...

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... financial services and credit ASIC will focus on culture and incentives resulting in poor financial advice, irresponsible lending and mis-selling to retail investors and consumers that undermine the trust of the financial system. ASIC hopes to promote ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... innovation and disruption stories across many industrial sectors. It has also derived profits from plugging the private market lending gap left by banks as they face increased regulation and higher capital requirements. "I think it's reasonable for a ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... debt. "Asset value is ultimately in the eye of the beholder, but the danger really comes with debt accumulation from poor lending practices," he said. Having said this, he did note that Australia has some of the highest household debt in the world, and ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... found by the court to have provided inappropriate advice to certain clients. The advice group's "double gearing" margin lending investment model and subsequent collapse was considered the primary catalyst for the Future of Financial Advice reforms and ...

Northern Trust expands Australian office

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Northern Trust is establishing a capital markets presence in Australia through its new securities lending trading desk based in Sydney. The global wealth management firm is also appointing a senior foreign exchange sales representative in its Sydney ...

AAT upholds ASIC adviser ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... circumstances. The AAT said Sahay's conduct "involved deliberate and repeated action by him to provide false information to lending authorities including the creation of false documents to support the applications lodged by him and was irresponsible ...