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BT throws gearing into the wrap mix

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... Australia statistics, the number of Australians using gearing strategies has increased by 10 per cent and the average margin loan has increased by almost 40 per cent. BT's margin lending product has also benefited from the attention in gearing, its loan ...

St.George buys HSBC's margin lending

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
St.George Bank yesterday acquired the margin lending business of HSBC Bank Australia. HSBC margin loan clients will become St.George customers effective immediately and the total transition is expected to be completed by mid-September. The HSBC margin ...

Investors rush for capital protected loans

Investors are going gangbusters for capital protected margin lending products as a way to ride the market mood swings, according to the latest data from the Reserve Bank. Capital protected loans are investment products where the investor is not subject ...

ASIC charges four over margin lending scam

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Four people have been charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding unlawful and misleading conduct which resulted in Sydney investors taking out and subsequently defaulting on Macquarie Bank Margin Lending loans. ...

Macq snares RSE license and wholesale BOQ deal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... entered into a deal with BOQ to provide funding, systems infrastructure and loan administration to support BOQ's new Margin Loan, which touts an attractive 7.95 per cent per annum rate. "Macquarie's premium service reputation and broad product range ...

Margin lenders bank on reputation not just rates

... research also found that client satisfaction was a high 72 per cent with only 4 per cent of those surveyed switching margin loan providers in the twelve months to December 2005. "Margin lending is an unusual product. Clients are unlikely to switch once ...

Online broking competition to heat up

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
... high-street bank can offer. Commsec also has the cheapest trades, at $19.95, for anybody with an investment account or margin loan with the bank. Commsec says it handles 6,000 to 7,000 calls a day at its Sydney call centre, which employs about 150 people. ...

Macquarie launches new investment loan

... Margin Lending head of distribution Steve Robertson says, "Macquarie Property Access is an extension of our existing Margin Loan product range and is a specialist product combining the benefits of gearing and investing into direct property funds and ...

Macquarie steps up to the Challenge in margin lending

On Friday Macquarie Margin Lending announced its acquisition of Challenger Financial Services' $140 million margin loan book. Over the financial year, Macquarie's margin lending business grew by 40 per cent compared to an industry growth rate of 23 ...

BT launches new margin lending feature

BT Financial Group announced on Tuesday the launch of a new "on-line transaction simulator" for its margin lending customers. According to BT, the software will allow the group's margin lending customers to simulate transactions on-line and instantly ...