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Banksia sells loan portfolio to Deutsche Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... to Banksia's debenture holders by June 30, 2013. Around May 17, 2013, 10 cents in the dollar will be paid, funded from interest receipts and discharges and on June 30, 2013, 35 cents in the dollar will be paid, funded from the Deutsche Bank sale proceeds. ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... year. Not if you've seen the disappointing US stats released over the past weeks. And yes, the ECB would decide to lower interest rates. It has seen that nothing much has changed the economic malaise afoot in the Eurozone. And the week after this, our ...

Fair Finance Australia pays infringement notice penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Finance paid a $6,600 penalty on 22 March 2013. In October 2012 Fair Finance advertised on its website the effective annual interest rate on certain loans was 19.95%, when the interest rate under the relevant credit contracts was in fact 35%. ASIC then ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... million asset-leasing fund. Kalam said that this deal could signal the start of an exciting growth story driven by overseas interest in investment in Australia. "Australia has one of the best financial systems in the world and governance here is incredibly ...

$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... available for investment in $2 bill tranches, annually over 5years commencing 1 July 2013. "There has been very strong interest from all segments of the market in working with CionEFC," CEFC chief executive Oliver Yates said. "We are talking to many ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... selling back then. Back then gold, was just a shiny metal to the CBs - it was what they termed, a "non-appreciating, non-interest bearing asset. So they went for US Treasuries which, over the same period, fell from 4.53% to below 2.0%. That was until ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... Anzac Day public holiday, closed about 1.5 per cent higher as low inflation figures raised investors' expectations of an interest rate cut. Australia's consumer price index (CPI), the key measure of inflation, rose 0.4 per cent in the first three months ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... which will be income. Positive tailwinds for the asset class are substantial demand, a dearth of new construction, low interest rates and benign inflation," she finished.

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... Management co-head of multi-manager Gary Potter said the US was his investment pick of the year. "Quantitative easing and low interest rates, which are likely to remain for the foreseeable future, combined with the energy revolution, manufacturing renaissance ...

Facebook users moving on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
Just as wealth management and superannuation marketers have begun adapting to social media platforms such as Facebook, signs are emerging that the consumer market may already be moving on. The Socialmedia Today forum in the US has just published an ...