Sydney

Home Loan Rate Report: People looking to take out a new home loan or refinance an existing one face some bad news all around at the moment.

Finance company Geneva Finance says it is no longer taking deposits, and will ask investors for a moratorium on all investments until April 2008.

Finance company Geneva Finance says it is no longer taking deposits, and will ask investors for a moratorium on all investments until April 2008.

ANZ says it has completed the review of strategic options for its wholesale mortgage distribution business Origin Mortgage Management Services, and in light of market conditions has decided to retain ownership of Origin in the period ahead.

Deposit Rates Market Report: Some finance companies are making significant increases in their rates on offer reflecting two things.

Investors soak up listed debt, St Laurence rated, Rate resets, Generator Bonds confirms S&P ratings action, Broadlands narrows.

Wellington

Christchurch

News Round Up: Investor confidence takes a hit, Tyndall intl shares highly recommended, PT profit up. Comment: Vultures or eagles circling? You decide.

KiwiSaver fund managers were the benefactors of the government's generosity when they received their first contribution cheques at the start of this month.

There has been plenty of talk this week about people looking to take action against advisers who put their clients' money into some of the now failed finance firms.

Receivers for troubled Nelson company LDC Finance bear better tidings than most, with unsecured investors expected to recoup up to 90 cents in the dollar and secured investors likely to be repaid in full.

A group is calling Bridgecorp investors to a meeting later this month in a step toward taking legal action against the failed company and financial advisers.

Standard and Poor's has downgraded its rating for Geneva Finance, as signalled, from B+ to B- at a time when the company is in talks with a major funder.