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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... businesses in Europe's biggest economy are at their most confident since the spectacular collapse of US banking giant Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Home sales data and a jump in manufactured goods orders in the US also did little to cheer investors ...

Neuberger Berman buys Lehman Bros

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Neuberger Berman has agreed to acquire the businesses of Lehman Brothers Trust Company, N.A. and Lehman Brothers Trust Company of Delaware. Neuberger Berman Group which has approximately $194 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2009, announced ...

Hong Kong cracks down on Lehman Bros

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Following last year's Lehman Brothers collapse, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has revealed there are still 930 cases involving the failed bank still under disciplinary consideration within the Chinese state. HKMA announced last Friday that there ...

TechInvest tops fastest growing fundie table

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... taking advantage of current conditions." The firm was also appointed to manage the EQT High Income Fund instead of Lehman Brothers Asset Management in August last year. The firm provides investors with three funds; the TI Intercept Capital Fund; TI Technology ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... into a tailspin. The spread went from just around 10 basis points pre-GFC to a high of more than 364 bps after Lehman Brothers collapsed. It has continued to narrow since then. At present this spread is down to just 50 bps. This narrowing spread - courtesy ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... coming to accept the view that economic conditions are improving. The backup in yields in recent times to pre-Lehman Brothers level could also be an indication that the financial system is normalising. The slope of the US yield curve has turned sharply ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... into a tailspin. The spread went from just around 10 basis points pre-GFC to a high of more than 364 bps after Lehman Brothers collapsed. This narrowing spread - courtesy of falling Libor rates - is evidence that the money flooded into the system by ...

Perpetual starts legal proceedings to claim funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... investors then got caught in the middle of the credit default swaps (CDS) sector collapse as Saphir Finance sought Lehman Brothers Special Financing, a unit of the failed Lehman Brothers, for "collateral" or as its portfolio counterparty. Mahogany investors ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... back in 2002. This was repeated less than a year ago, on 15 September 2008. Remember that day? It was the day Lehman Brothers 158-year corporate history became history. On this very day that Moody's reportedly decided to downgrade Lehman's rating from ...

UK pensions turn to alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... currency strategies and hedge funds, since the last survey a year ago. "The banking crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers highlighted the operational risks associated with the investment of institutional assets and brought counterparty credit risks ...