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Margin calls on tech watch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Margin loan investors have new resources to combat volatile markets with Macquarie Investment Lending revamping their online capabilities. Peter van der Westhuyzen, head of sales and marketing at Macquarie Investment Group said last week, with volatile ...

CBA plans CommSec Bank

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
Commonwealth Bank is reviewing plans for the transformation of CommSec, its equity and funds brokerage business, into a full service financial institution. CommSec is one of the jewels in the crown at CBA, a point underlined by its strong contribution ...

CBA launches new instalment product

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has launched its latest regular instalments product, IYH, giving investors and trustees of Self-Managed Super Funds an opportunity to build their share portfolio without paying for all the securities up front. The IYH release ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

Austock added to Mac margin lending

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... applications for high net worth investors. For instance, an Imputation Bond structured as a 'sinking fund' to repay a margin loan, creates flexibility on how and when loan principal is repaid. The Bond can also play an obvious role as a reserve for margin ...

Online savings with Suncorp

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... fast trade execution and easy information access. It also offers the additional benefit of lower interest rates as a margin loan reaches certain balance thresholds, giving it advantages over standard margin lending products. David Harry, manager of personal ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

... that sector following the market correction. Wayne Lear, founder of financial planning group Conscious Money and a margin loan specialist for nearly 20 years, said that the sudden market dip didn't affect his clients. "What happened two days ago didn't ...

Allco hunts niche finance acquisitions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Allco Finance Group will turn the Allco Hybrid Investment Trust into a listed company and use it as a vehicle for a move into a range of additional finance company activities covering agribusiness finance, lending for property development, mezzanine ...

Buy into a fund now, pay half later: Macq

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... Group. Essentially the Macquarie MFI program allows investors to gear their managed fund exposures without taking out a margin loan and risking margin calls when their investments retreat. The MFI program allows investment in a suite of managed funds ...

Adelaide Bank targets growth through wealth management

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
Retiring Adelaide Bank chief executive, Barry Fitzpatrick, said the bank will aim for greater revenue diversification by ramping up the wealth management side of the business. Fitzpatrick's report in the bank's annual report, released yesterday, reveals ...