SYDNEY, Oct 28 - Australia's commercial mortgage-backed securities market is coming back to life after a two-year lull thanks to improving investopr appetite and because banks are looking to to cut their exposure to property...
* Bankers sculpt new hybrid capital landscape * Regulators provide window for "old-style" hybrid bonds * Investors lap up product they once shunned LONDON, Oct 22 - A rush of new issues is expected to...
SHANGHAI, Oct 21 - China's planned launch of a real estate investment trust (REIT) market will give mutual fund companies access to areas other than stocks and bonds, helping them to compete with banks, insurers...
* ME Bank to expand retail business * Plans to reduce reliance on securitisation funding SYDNEY, Oct 14 - Australian lender ME Bank is looking to expand its retail customer base as a way of...
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday the need for Fed support for consumer and small business loans remains strong even as use of other financial backstop programs tapers off...
SHANGHAI, Aug 27 - China plans to allow fund houses and brokerages to launch real estate investment trusts, or REITs, that would be publicly traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, two people with...
SYDNEY, Aug 5 - The Australian unit of...
SYDNEY, Aug 5 - The Australian unit of British bank Barclays Plc <BARC.L> has...
* Bond investors want same covenants as bank lenders * Part of global trend as investors seek more protection * Push starting to bear fruit as Aussie bond market revives * Lack of standard global...
SYDNEY, July 27 - Australian shopping centre investor Macquarie Countrywide Trust <MCW.AX> is in talks with debt investors to refinance an issue backed by commercial mortgages, it said on Monday. "We are well-advanced in discussions...