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Weak confidence hits capex budgets
The AustralianCapital expenditure budgets for the new financial year are being affected by a lack of confidence in the economy, according to a quarterly survey.
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Esanda half the reach of GE
Tue, June 30, 2015Vendor ANZ and an array of bidders will soon work through offers for Esanda, the bank's now unwanted equipment finance arm.
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SMEs capitalise on new revenue stream
Tue, June 23, 2015Small businesses are increasing their engagement with equipment finance providers, according to new research by East & Partners.
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HSBC Seen Losing U.K. Corporate Clients If Bank Leaves London
HSBC Holdings Plc risks losing U.K. corporate clients if it decides to move its headquarters out of London, a survey of its British customers found.
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Financial services sector feels the buzz of disruption
Tue, June 16, 2015 Australia  TechnologyIf Australia has been a hotbed of disruption, across all industries, the financial services sector has been the hot water bottle in the hotbed. From the days when the likes of Pepper, Wizard, Aussie Home Loans and Liberty Financial first began to offer alternative sources of home loans to the major banks, through the emergence of alternative payment systems such as PayPal, to the attack by the likes of OzForex and Pepperstone on the banks' foreign exchange business, to the savaging of the traditional full-service stockbrokers' lucrative client relationships by online brokers, through to the Australian Securities Exchange itself having its stock-trading monopoly disrupted by the broker-owned Chi-X, the financial services sector has buzzed with the hum of disruption.
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Sunday Business with Ross Greenwood
Join Ross Greenwood, Australia's most respected financial commentator, for Sunday Business. Ross will speak with experts in the key fields that affect small business owners.
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Are job cuts the way to go for HSBC?
Tue, June 09, 2015Jessica Gao, analyst at East & Partners, explains why HSBC's streamlining strategy is a positive move and discusses the market's reaction.