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YBR wealth restructure sees multiple job cuts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... national manager. The broader corporate restructure will see the removal of a number of management level roles across lending, wealth and marketing that are "no longer required" following the fulfilment of projects and integration of acquired businesses. ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... to quickly transition to the new regulations as well. Bank industry commentators believe the objective of the tougher lending regulations is to discourage banks from excessive house lending and to push investors out of the housing market. Grim reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... commitments increased by 1.0% in the month of May as a 3.9% jump in "investment housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner occupied housing. The increase in housing finance follows the Reserve Bank's 25 basis point reduction in interest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... to be drawn on, as necessary. It will reduce regulatory capital buffers by £5.7 billion, raising banks' capacity for lending to UK households and businesses by up to £150 billion." "The FPC welcomed the Bank of England's announcement that it will continue ...

ICG sells stadium to NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... great investment in terms of improving a business and delivering strong returns. "We picked it up off ANZ Bank and the lending group and back then it was up to the late 20s in the number of events held per year. Last year it did about EBIT $29 million ...

ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... requirements. "In particular we have dealt with robo or digital advice, crowd sourced equity funding, payments, marketplace lending and blockchain business models. It is very exciting to observe and clearly some business ideas will want to scale up internationally. ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... imposed negative rates for holding bank deposits in an attempt to push lenders to deploy their cash in the real economy by lending to businesses. Instead, there are early signs banks will just pass the fees onto customers. One Japanese bank, Sumitomo ...

Centrepoint debuts brand realignment

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... Wealth and Professional Investment Services will become Centrepoint Alliance Financial Advice; and Centrepoint Alliance Lending and Centrepoint Alliance Premium Funding will become Centrepoint Alliance Lending Solutions. Finally, Ventura, vMAPS and platform ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... governor Glenn Stevens' 7 June statement that, "Indications are that the effects of supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards in the housing market. Separately, a number of lenders are also taking a more cautious attitude to lending in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... European Central Bank (ECB) announced no change in monetary policy settings - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate at -0.4%; lending rate at 0.25%; asset purchases of €80 billion per month to run until March 2017 - while at the same time confirming the commencement ...