Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Ziman and Timothy Callahan want to raise money in the equity market after selling their real estate companies for a combined $12 billion before the property crash. Investors may balk at bankrolling their return. Ziman, former chairman of Arden Realty Inc.,

New bank lending totaled 1.38 trillion yuan ($201 billion) last month, according to the median estimate of 16 economists in a Bloomberg News survey ahead of a government report scheduled for this week. Separate figures are projected to show consumer prices rose the most since 2008 and export

Prices increased 4.4 percent from a year earlier, following a 2.8 percent annual gain in December, according to a Quotable Value New Zealand Ltd. index. Prices in the 17 largest cities rose 6.2 percent, the Wellington-based government valuation agency said in an e-mailed report. Further gains

Pretty penny ... Stephen Bellotti spent $9 million on this house in Mosman. Merchant bankers, lead by the so-called Millionaires Factory, Macquarie Group, are driving up pricey property purchases. A London-based Macquarie Europe director, Darren Kehoe, has spent $6 million-plus on a four