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Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... came in firing not with one... but four bazookas: Interest rate reductions - repo rate cut to 0% from 0.05%; marginal lending facility lowered to 0.25% from 0.30%; deposit rate taken further negative to -0.40% from -0.30%. QE increased and end was opened. ...

Clients asking planners for margin loans

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... the client, according to new research by Investment Trends, up from 21% in 2014. In its eleventh year, the 2015 Margin Lending Planner Report is an in-depth study of financial planners' usage of and attitudes towards margin lending. The study is based ...

ANZ pays $212,500 for responsible lending breach

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
ANZ has paid a $212,500 penalty for breaching responsible lending laws regarding overdraft facilities. The "ANZ Assured" overdraft facility can be applied to particular ANZ transaction accounts and has a limit of either $500 or $1,000. Offers to use ...

ANZ ready to fight ASIC over BBSW

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... Melbourne for market manipulation of the bank bill swap rate, a key interest rate used to determine the cost of inter-bank lending, in the period March 2010 to May 2012. A statement released by ANZ said it will "vigorously defend legal action brought ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... policy easing - it cut the RRR rate from 20% to 19.5% in February 2015, followed up with a reduction in its benchmark lending rate from 5.6% to 5.35% in March and so on. China's central bank cut the RRR four times in 2015 taking it down from 20% to 17.5% ...

YBR chair appoints two chief executives in business revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... of a business and management restructure. Vow Financial chief executive Tim Brown has been appointed chief executive, lending; Yellow Brick Road chief executive Matt Lawler has been appointed chief executive, wealth management. The appointments occur ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Borrowers rejoice! Imagine how good it would be to have banks and other lending institutions pay you, I and Irene to take their money for whatever purpose we want to use them for - a facelift, a tummy tuck, education, holidays, a new car, another mortgage ...

Margin loans keep pace with shrinking customer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... the sector are increasing the amount they're borrowing, which reflects Investment Trends' modelling in its 2015 Margin Lending Investor Report. The report says investors are seeing the "undervalued" Australian share market as a gearing opportunity. Based ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... borrowing, that has peaked. House prices have peaked and are slowing down in terms of their growth rate, we're seeing lending slowing down, we're seeing borrowing and auction clearance rates are becoming weaker," Haslem said. "If we think about that ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... unemployment rate declined in the second half of the year, even though measured GDP growth was below average. The pace of lending to businesses also picked up. "Inflation continues to be quite low (note "quite low" not low)... and "is likely to remain ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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