margin loans

When using a margin loan, an investor would pledge all or part of a portfolio of stocks and bonds as collateral to buy other securities. ... They charge interest on the margin loans and can also factor into brokers' compensation, incentivizing many to extend money to clients regardless of whether they need it ...

An investment loan can be taken against a home or other property, or as a margin loan using only the investments as security. Loans secured by property are around 2 per cent per annum cheaper and the lender is not concerned about variations in the values of the investments. Margin loans usually cost 6 ...

The other advantage you can get with a margin loan is that shares you already hold can be lodged as security for the margin loan, effectively gearing them up to build a larger portfolio. Margin loans also come with tools to support your investment management. Not all margin loans offer equal value when it ...

UBS has the largest margin lending operation of the big banks, with $55 billion of margin loans outstanding at UBS International in 2017 and $36 billion at UBS Americas. Credit Suisse has a $42 billion margin lending business and BAML a $40 billion one. In January this year the total value of outstanding ...

In four days, Domino's has made four statements to the Australian Securities Exchange (and another to this newspaper) regarding chief executive Don Meij selling his stock – including in the same trading session as the company was buying its own shares – and the multiple margin loans secured against ...

Veteran company director Geoff Cousins has called on listed companies to ban senior executives from taking out margin loans, saying they create conflicts of interest and undermine shareholder confidence. Mr Cousins, a former Telstra, IAG and Consolidated Press non-executive director, said companies ...

A margin loan is a facility where a person can borrow against the value of their shares to buy more shares. ... The Fairfax columnist asserts that CEO Meij has 5 separate margin loan accounts and implies that the margin loans may be under stress as Meij reportedly placed a mortgage on his house and ...

Today, Domino's said: “The company confirms that it considers that at no time has there been a risk of triggering a margin loan associated with the Managing Director.” The Australian Financial Review reported that Meij had five margin lending facilities listed with the Australian Government's Personal ...

It is tempting to wonder if Meij could be so suddenly cash-hungry because he needs a pile of it as collateral against a margin loan, or margin loans. And were that the case, and Don used the cash proceeds to tweak any of his arrangements, to comply with the company's new trading policy, Hungry Jack ...

Domino's has confirmed that chief executive Don Meij has at least one margin loan but is confident Mr Meij, who sold 22 per cent of his Domino's shares last week, can manage his exposure. The pizza franchisor also insisted it had not bought shares under its share buyback program "at the same times" Mr ...