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1-Welcome from the Chief Executive of the Association of Short Term Lenders
Hello all members, associate members and readers. I am pleased to report the progress of the Association of Short Term Lenders (astl) and give a short overview of the industry for our latest edition of the newsletter...
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2-Regulation. Regulation. Regulation?
A great deal of industry focus and debate has been spent in recent times on examining the various benefits and disadvantages of the prospect of further involvement on the part of the Financial Services Authority in the bridging finance market...
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3-A new shield for traditional underwriting
Orion Asset Services (Orion) offer a number of bespoke services to the short term bridging and second charge lending market including Asset Recovery, Repossessions and LPA Fixed Charge Receivership....
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4-From Woolf to Jackson: A new era in Civil Litigation Funding
The last major reform to civil litigation funding took place some 12 years ago, under the auspices of Lord Justice Woolf.....
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5-Interest rates and inflation: An international comparison
The Bric countries are building up their interest rates and tightening their macroeconomic policy. In June, Brazil’s central bank raised interest rates for the fourth time this year. The Bank of Russia raised its key policy rate twice in the six weeks following the beginning of May.....
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6-Tiuta: The last six months
We are now over half-way through 2011, the longest day has been and gone and, as I write this, we are just a mere six months away from Christmas Eve, which perhaps doesn’t bear thinking about....
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7-THE FRAUD WHO’S WHO...
The SFO rise again. Less than 6 weeks ago the future of the Serious Fraud Office looked bleak. It was, after years of speculation, to be subsumed into a new a national crime fighting agency; however that was before anybody reckoned with its strong and dogged director Richard Alderman..
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8-A Welcome from the Chief Executive of the Association of Short Term Lenders
I am delighted to mention again that our short term lending industry is healthy and expanding. Here at the trade body....
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9-Inside astl: When competitors break bread
On May 6, 2011, ten influential participants in the short-term lending industry sat down to lunch, hosted by the Association of Short Term Lenders (astl).Those in attendance..
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10-Compliance Corner: The EU vs. The MMR
The world of compliance seems to be forever changing and the mortgage market is certainly getting its fair share! The FSA have been busy...
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11-The Interest Rate Debate
Among homeowners and pensioners as much as economists and analysts, it’s one of the most asked and talked about questions at present: when will the Bank of England raise interest rates?...
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12-The Changing Face of Bridging in the Face of Regulation
Having been involved in the short-term lending market for nearly 12 years, I have seen much discussion surrounding regulation with little avail...
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13-The Surveyor Say: Short Term Lending in Today’s Market
The ongoing uncertainties and restricted finance certainly appears to be offering short-term lenders (STL) numerous ‘sensible’ deals....
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14-A welcome from Adrian Bloomfield, Chief Executive of the Association of Short Term Lenders
It is with great pleasure that I draft the very first edition of the astl newsletter. Since forming our trade body in 2008, we have explored many ways of delivering our message so as to let the short term lending industry know who we are and what we are trying to do.
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15-The FSA visits astl
As the FSA considers whether short term lending should fall under the type of regulation that other mortgage lenders are subject to, the Association of Short Term Lenders (astl) were the first to meet with the authority…
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16-Legal update: Lender claims – the key issues
Since 2007 with the economic downturn and numerous businesses ceasing trading some short term lenders have been exposed to large losses....
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17-Bridging: A solution in the credit crunch
It’s not often the case that the media understate bad news… but they have done so with the ‘credit crunch’. Because however bad the credit market appears in the media, it is actually much worse in the real world.
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18-Fraud:Who is to blame?
The level of fraud in the last six years has increased exponentially. But before you can work on ways to decrease fraud you need to first ask yourself who is responsible?
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19-The story behind astl
In the days before FSA regulation had come into force, the short term lending market had no trade organisation of its own and no force to lobby on its behalf...
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