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US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... investigation on Wall Street calling for general information and intends to cooperate fully with that inquiry". The New York Times also reported that Wellington Management, which has a significant Australian presence, has also received a subpoena notice. ...

More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... legislation, and the indirect result could be new investment opportunities for Australian super funds. Shortly after the New York Times revealed that JPMorgan was moving its proprietary trading desks to a unit within its asset management division, Bank ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... Clings to Retailer-Driven Rally." Whoops, maybe I typed too soon - is that a "rally" I see in the headline? The New York Times was the only website I read that printed it as it was, "Wall Street Wanders on a Quiet Day." It really did - wander - and it ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... numbers? There's no question about it -- "US job cuts raise double dip fears" -- said Motoko Rich's article in the New York Times. Mr. Rich even quoted Mary Moore saying, ''This economy is absolutely appalling'' for extra effect. Ms. Moore "has been ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... risks have resorted to changing their once immovable retirement policies. According to international paper The New York Times and reported in other publications, Ohio has already changed its retirement age from 60 to 67, Colorado cut its 3.5 percent ...

Business cycle dating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... lady already sung the swan song of the US recession? Financial markets are all a-buzz with this question after the New York Times carried a story about the 8 April meeting by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... day - yes one day - before GS releases its earnings report. To be sure, Graham Bowley and Jenny Anderson of the New York Times published a similar article the day before, similarly lauding Goldman...but in the end, their story was hedged with a caveat ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... first quarter - more than twice market expectations - provided the cream. And the cherry on top of the cream? The New York Times reported that large banks are passing the US government's stress tests indicating that the financial system are healthier ...

APRA to review exec pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... remuneration have been very low key, institutions in the US are taking a more proactive position. According to the New York Times, Morgan Stanley has even gone as far as introducing claw-back provisions so executives will have to repay bonuses if investment ...

AIG gets another A$57 billion bail-out

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... follows AIG in the US this week reporting that it lost $A36 billion in the September quarter, according to the New York Times. In the same quarter last year it turned a $A3.5 billion profit. This brings to more than US$160 billion the money the insurer ...