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NAS adds Vision Super to lending program

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) has added Vision Super to its principal securities lending program. It is understood to be the fourth appointment this year for NAS, already announcing it retained custody for Cooper Investors, AMIST and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... gains in Apple, Facebook and other technology stocks. Locally on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance figures for March. In equities news, Paladin Energy issues a trading update and Oil Search holds its annual general ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... 0.2%. This, because the PBOC did it again. The Chinese central bank announced a 25 bps reduction in its benchmark one-year lending rate to 5.1% over the Mother's Day weekend that would become effective today. The PBOC's website explained that this is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... but ANZ fell 41 cents to $32.60. Banking and insurance group Suncorp added 10 cents to $13.07 after lifting its total lending 3.3 per cent during the three months to March 31. Among the miners, BHP Billiton fell 30 cents to $31.59, a day after shareholders ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... equals sooner-than-later lift-off equals bad. China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) tightening rules on margin lending while at the same time relaxing rules on short selling equals no more one-way buy bets on China stocks equals bad. These are ...

La Trobe reshuffles senior executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... its senior executive team. Senior vice president and former chief investment officer Randal Williams is now the chief lending officer and will be responsible for overseeing the real estate credit division. Replacing Williams as chief investment officer ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... this very second. How much moolah is there, I'm not exactly sure but if investors are willing to pay for the privilege of lending money - as in the case of Switzerland - there's more than plenty. According to Reuters, "The Swiss Federal Treasury said ...

AMP chief economist says housing future messy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... However, this is likely to be constrained by the economic environment and the impact of tougher prudential scrutiny of bank lending by APRA." He described the residential property outlook as "messy' for the next five to 10 years. According to Oliver ...

La Trobe appointment part of expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... distribution team. Flood has more than 20 years' experience in financial services, particularly with credit and commercial lending expertise, having previously worked for some of Australia's major banks and non-bank financial institutions. Flood will ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, outlining APRA's current objectives. He discussed lending standards for housing, FSI recommendations, private health insurance and conflicts of interest in superannuation. On the final ...